UNSPSC 50414504: Organic lolla rossa lettuce

The variety of organic lettuce known as organic lolla rossa lettuce

UNSPSC 50414504 Organic lolla rossa lettuce is a Commodity code that captures fresh produce procurement by state and local school districts, particularly in child nutrition programs and institutional food service operations. State and local governments buying under this code source fresh vegetables—including lettuce varieties, leafy greens, and prepared salad mixes—for student meal programs, with product specifications typically emphasizing USDA compliance, food safety certification (HACCP plans and GAP audits), domestic sourcing preferences, and weekly or twice-weekly delivery to school campuses. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent solicitations from Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) pursuing produce contracts through RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB vehicles. A subset of these districts also coordinate purchases through buying cooperatives such as the GEC Buying Cooperative, which aggregates demand across multiple school districts to increase vendor competition and leverage. Georgia and Texas school districts show particularly concentrated recent activity, with multiple districts issuing overlapping solicitations in March, April, and May 2026.

Recent opportunities reflect institutional demand for diverse fresh-produce line items bundled with eggs and supporting food-service goods, evaluated on lowest responsive pricing plus quality and service factors. The Early County Board of Education IFB (due June 8, 2026) solicits line-by-line bids for approximately 300+ food items including lettuce varieties and leafy greens as part of broader National School Lunch and Breakfast Program procurement. Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 (due May 7, 2026) requires fresh produce delivery five days weekly during the school year with pricing based on USDA Terminal Markets reports and monthly adjustment protocols. The Bulloch County School District's IFP (due May 4, 2026) emphasizes locally grown produce within 200 miles, requesting 24 produce items including various lettuces and greens. Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP SN 26-004 (due March 4, 2026) spans 30 school districts across two Georgia regions with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, encompassing approximately 72 line items including leafy greens. Most solicitations require HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, domestic product preference, and delivery Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., with firm pricing for the contract term and prospective price redetermination tied to USDA market reports or CPI data. No set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises are identified across these solicitations, though districts encourage small-business and minority-vendor participation where federal funding applies.