UNSPSC 50414016: Organic papalo

The variety of organic herbs known as organic papalo

UNSPSC 50414016 Organic papalo is a Commodity code that nominally names a single fresh herb product, yet recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code do not reflect organic papalo procurement. The most recent opportunities show state and local food service buyers soliciting broad categories of shelf-stable groceries, frozen foods, dairy, proteins, and consumable supplies across institutional food service operations—primarily state supported living centers, county senior services programs, state hospitals, and correctional facilities. The solicitations show kitchen and food service procurement offices at state health and human services agencies, county purchasing divisions, and state comptroller procurement units issuing IFBs for multi-line-item food and consumable product packages, with bidders required to quote firm, fixed unit pricing across dozens or hundreds of line items and meet strict specification, delivery, and quality compliance standards. The issuing bodies span Texas Health and Human Services Commission (multiple IFBs for state supported living centers and state hospitals), the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, the State of Illinois, and the State of Georgia. Award is typically made on best-value criteria balancing specification compliance, delivery performance, past vendor performance, and price rather than lowest price alone, with contracts running twelve months or longer and including optional renewal and extension periods.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission appearing as the most frequent recent buyer across multiple state supported living centers and facilities. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017798 for canteen and food service groceries at Mexia State Supported Living Center (bids due August 25, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. Central Time, historical FY25 value $160,500 for canteen items alone), the Texas Comptroller IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across TDCJ warehouse locations (responses due May 4, 2026 at 1:30 p.m., approximately 382 line items), Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for the Department of Community Services (informal written quotes due October 19, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.), and the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (bids due July 11, 2026 at 10:30 a.m., historical value $1.5 million for the prior contract year). The code shows little evidence of organic papalo as a category driver; the mismatch between the commodity name and the actual procurement activity suggests the code may be a cataloging artifact rather than a meaningful signal for fresh herb suppliers.