UNSPSC 50414501: Organic bibb lettuce

The variety of organic lettuce known as organic bibb lettuce

UNSPSC 50414501 Organic bibb lettuce is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy fresh produce—including organic and conventional salad greens, lettuce varieties, and mixed produce—under this code primarily to support child nutrition programs, school meal services, and institutional food operations. The recent solicitation activity reflects heavy demand from school districts and county boards of education for fresh produce contracts serving lunch and breakfast programs, with specifications emphasizing USDA compliance, food safety certifications (HACCP plans, GAP audits, traceability), Buy American preferences, and delivery logistics to multiple school sites. School districts dominate the issuing bodies, ranging from small rural systems (Early County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education) to large urban districts (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio with 117 schools; Austin Independent School District; McAllen Independent School District serving 20,000 students). The State of Georgia and its cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative, Douglas County School System on behalf of 30 districts) also solicit regularly at scale. A small number of requests reference specialty programs—the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program serving elementary students (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Glynn County) and farm-to-school initiatives emphasizing local sourcing within 200 miles (Bulloch County School District).

Recent activity is concentrated in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Missouri and Florida. Representative solicitations include the Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (RFP, due June 8, 2026) encompassing 300+ food items with domestic sourcing preferences and low-sodium, no-added-sugar formulations; Northside Independent School District's fresh produce RFP (due May 7, 2026) requiring USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance and Texas-grown produce prioritization; the Douglas County School System RFP through GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026) covering 72 produce line items across 30 districts with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending; Hillsborough County Public Schools' USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program solicitation (due March 11, 2026) for specialty fruits and vegetables to 18 elementary schools at a $600,000 estimated annual budget; and Bulloch County School District's farm-to-school RFP (due May 4, 2026) requiring locally-grown produce within 200 miles. Most contracts run July 1 through June 30, offer renewal options, require firm pricing with price redetermination tied to USDA indexes or CPI, and award on a lowest-responsive-bidder basis with line-item flexibility. No set-aside designations appear across these solicitations, though some districts encourage minority-owned or small-business participation as a federal funding requirement.