UNSPSC 50415802: Organic arame

The variety of organic sea vegetables known as organic arame

UNSPSC 50415802 Organic arame is a Commodity code that nominally classifies edible seaweed products. State and local government procurement under this code shows minimal recent activity; the opportunities posted under it do not reflect organic arame as a procurement target. The code has been applied to broader school nutrition and food service solicitations that encompass fresh produce, dairy, eggs, and prepared foods for child nutrition programs, rather than specialty marine algae products.

School nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida dominate recent state and local activity in this code segment, though the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or use of a catch-all commodity designation. Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Rockwood R-VI School District (St. Louis County, Missouri), and multiple Georgia county and city school districts have posted IFBs and RFPs for fresh produce, dairy products, eggs, and comprehensive food-service line items for school lunch and breakfast programs during the February-May 2026 window, with response dates ranging from March 6 through June 22, 2026. The Bulloch County School District and Liberty County Board of Education (both Georgia) emphasize locally grown and sourced produce within defined geographic radii, while Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), and McAllen Independent School District (Texas) solicit multi-vendor produce supply contracts on annual or renewable terms. Austin Independent School District explicitly excludes third-party logistics companies and requires direct commercial distribution capability, highlighting vendor-qualification rigor in larger systems. Cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative (serving 30 Georgia school districts across two areas with estimated annual spend of $4.4 million in Area One and $1.1 million in Area Two) also appear in the recent record. The code shows no relevant procurement activity outside school nutrition contexts, and organic arame remains absent from all identified solicitations.