UNSPSC 50416003: Organic sheep sorrel

The variety of organic sorrel known as organic sheep sorrel

UNSPSC 50416003 Organic sheep sorrel is a Commodity code that receives minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific leafy green vegetable, but the most recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reflect broad food-service procurement instead—notably school nutrition programs and institutional food supply contracts that encompass hundreds of line items across fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and non-food supplies. Recent solicitations from Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida school districts and county boards are buying comprehensive fresh produce assortments (apples, bananas, peppers, carrots, broccoli, leafy greens, tomatoes, eggs, and prepared items) rather than organic sheep sorrel specifically. State agencies in Georgia have posted IFBs for fresh produce and generic food supplies, while independent school districts including Northside (San Antonio), Austin, McAllen, Savannah-Chatham, Early County, Muscogee County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Hillsborough County, Bulloch County, and Rockwood R-VI (Missouri) are actively soliciting multivendor fresh-produce contracts under RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs. This pattern suggests the code may be overloaded or misconfigured for institutional fresh-produce procurement more broadly, rather than reserved for specialty or organic leafy-green sourcing.

The issuing bodies are predominantly K-12 school districts (elementary through high schools serving between 900 and 83,000 students), county school boards, and state education agencies. Response deadlines have clustered between mid-February and late June 2026, with most bids due in April or May 2026. Contract periods typically run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options for one to four additional years. Evaluation criteria emphasize price (often 30–50 points), product quality and freshness, delivery reliability, vendor experience (frequently three to five years minimum), and compliance with Buy American provisions, HACCP certification, general liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million), E-Verify authorization, and debarment certification. No set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises are consistently noted across these opportunities. The geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (state level, Douglas County, Early County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, and Savannah-Chatham), Texas (Northside ISD in Bexar County, Austin, McAllen), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI in St. Louis County), and Florida (Hillsborough County). The code shows no current activity specific to organic sheep sorrel procurement and should be evaluated as a general fresh-produce sourcing vehicle rather than a specialty-item category for business development purposes.