UNSPSC 50414004: Organic caraway

The variety of organic herbs known as organic caraway

UNSPSC 50414004 Organic caraway (Commodity) covers spice and seasoning ingredients for institutional food service, though the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little direct activity for caraway or similar specialty spices. Instead, the opportunities reflect broad food-procurement activity at state agencies, school districts, and institutional service providers procuring groceries, produce, and consumables for cafeterias, state hospitals, supported living centers, and correctional facilities. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC, Illinois Department of Human Services), county and municipal school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Douglas County in Georgia), and state correctional and criminal justice departments (Texas TDCJ). Activity spans institutional food service contracting at scale—serving populations ranging from 6,900 daily lunch participants to 32,000 meals daily—with vendors expected to supply hundreds of line items across fresh, frozen, canned, and dry goods categories, meet USDA grade standards, maintain cold-chain logistics, and demonstrate multi-year experience in public institutional food service.

Recent opportunities cluster in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Illinois, Virginia, and Missouri. Texas HHSC has posted multiple supplemental food and consumables RFPs for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (HHS0016792, HHS0017449, HHS0016792V2), with response deadlines ranging from February through July 2026 and historical contract values around $1.5 to $4.5 million; Texas TDCJ issued a cafeteria food products IFB (304T26300CF) covering 382 line items for warehouse distribution across five geographic regions with a May 2026 response deadline. Georgia's Douglas County School System solicited a food supply and distribution contract via RFP for approximately $9 million annual spend across 32 schools (DCSDSN26-003, February 2026 response) and a fresh produce and eggs RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts with $4.4 to $1.1 million estimated spend by area (SN26-004, March 2026 response). Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia issued a Master Grocery K-12 term contract (IFB 2000004323) for school delivery and warehouse supply, with responses due April 2026. No opportunities in the block show caraway as a specifically solicited ingredient; the code assignment appears to reflect miscategorization or system tagging of broad grocery procurement under a narrow commodity code.