UNSPSC 50414519: Organic red boston lettuce

The variety of organic lettuce known as organic red boston lettuce

UNSPSC 50414519 Organic red boston lettuce is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce—including lettuce, spinach, mixed greens, and other leafy vegetables—primarily through school district food service contracts supporting the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (independent and county-based) and boards of education, with occasional participation by state departments of agriculture and regional purchasing cooperatives. School nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida dominate recent activity, typically soliciting fresh produce on annual contracts with weekly or twice-weekly delivery requirements to multiple school sites. Evaluation commonly emphasizes price competitiveness, vendor experience with public school systems, HACCP certification and food safety compliance, Buy American preferences, and product quality standards, with awards often made on a line-item basis to multiple vendors.

Recent representative solicitations include Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) issuing RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce supporting child nutrition with a response deadline of May 7, 2026, and the Douglas County School System issuing RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across Georgia with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million combined (Area One $4.4 million, Area Two $1.1 million) and a proposal deadline of March 4, 2026. Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) solicited specialty fruits and vegetables for the federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with a March 11, 2026 deadline and an estimated annual budget of $600,000. The State of Georgia posted an IFB for fresh produce (IFB #4 2027-2026) with a May 27, 2026 response date. School districts in Georgia—including Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Glynn County—posted produce procurement RFPs and IFBs with response dates between April 14 and May 4, 2026. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (multiple districts and state-level procurements), with significant activity in Texas (Austin ISD, Northside ISD, McAllen ISD) and Florida (Hillsborough County), and secondary activity in Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District). Organic red boston lettuce specifically does not appear as a distinctly called-out line item in the recent opportunities reviewed; the Commodity code nominally covers a narrow produce category, but state and local school nutrition solicitations cast much broader fresh-produce nets encompassing dozens of vegetable and fruit lines per contract, making this code a poor precision match for actual procurement activity.