UNSPSC 50415812: Organic sea lettuce

The variety of organic sea vegetables known as organic sea lettuce

UNSPSC 50415812 Organic sea lettuce (Commodity) is a specialized food ingredient with limited recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally names a single seafood produce item, but the recent opportunities tagged under it span broad institutional food service procurement — school nutrition programs, state dietary operations, and county food supply contracts — and these solicitations do not specifically call for organic sea lettuce. The mismatch between the code's narrow commodity scope and the general-purpose food service notices posted against it suggests either classification drift in the issuing systems or that sea lettuce is bundled into broader produce or specialty ingredient buys that do not surface as discrete line items in publicly available bid documents. School districts and state procurement offices are the primary buyers across these notices, with Georgia and Texas districts appearing most frequently.

The recent opportunities tagged to this code consist entirely of fresh-produce and institutional-food-service solicitations from school nutrition programs and state agencies: Early County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFP for 300+ food items serving the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program with bids due June 8, 2026; the State of Georgia posted an IFB for fresh-produce supply (due May 27, 2026) and a general food and kitchen supplies bid (due June 22, 2026); Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) solicited fresh-produce vendors through RFP 2026-048 with a response deadline of May 7, 2026; and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) sought specialty fresh fruits and vegetables for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with a proposal deadline of March 11, 2026. Additional produce contracts from 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 a multi-district cooperative (Douglas County School System, Georgia) running through spring 2026 indicate active demand for institutional fresh-produce supply. None of these solicitations explicitly mention organic sea lettuce as a line item; the code appears to be a classification artifact rather than a signal of active market demand for this specific commodity.