UNSPSC 50414010: Organic epazote

The variety of organic herbs known as organic epazote

UNSPSC 50414010 Organic epazote is a Commodity code that in practice captures state and local procurement of shelf-stable and fresh food products for institutional food service, though the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly tagged to organic epazote itself. The code sits within a broader taxonomy of food-service ingredients, yet the recent state and local activity under related food-product codes reveals that state departments, county purchasing offices, and special-purpose districts are actively procuring bulk quantities of proteins, frozen and fresh vegetables, dairy products, prepared entrees, condiments, and consumable serviceware for correctional facilities, state supported living centers, senior services programs, and other institutional operations. Issuing bodies include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (which has issued multiple IFBs for state supported living centers), the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia), the State of Illinois, and the State of Georgia. These are multi-year, high-volume contracts with firm, fixed unit pricing, strict specification compliance (often with no-substitution requirements or "or approved equivalent" language), and delivery windows tied to facility operations.

Activity is concentrated in Texas and Georgia, with recent solicitations posted between May and October 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued at least three IFBs between June and August 2026 for food and consumable products serving state supported living centers in Mexia and El Paso, with historical values ranging from $158,000 to $1.5 million annually and cumulative potential values exceeding $4.5 million over multi-year terms. The Texas Comptroller issued IFB 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 (response deadline extended to May 4, 2026) for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice across five geographic distribution areas. Gwinnett County, Georgia, issued an informal written quote request (IWQ 140229) due October 19, 2026, for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for the Department of Community Services. The Illinois Department of Public Health solicited a quarterly food-order contract (27497DVAQUINCB52821) due June 26, 2026. No recent opportunities in the source block are explicitly coded to UNSPSC 50414010 organic epazote; the code appears to see little or no recent state and local procurement activity, or opportunities under it are tagged differently in state and local procurement systems.