UNSPSC 50424604: Dried lolla rossa lettuce

The variety of lettuce known as lolla rossa lettuce that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424604 Dried lolla rossa lettuce (Commodity) does not align with the state and local procurement activity appearing under this code. The most recent opportunities solicited by state and local issuing bodies are for dried beans — kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans — and broader institutional food supply categories, not lolla rossa lettuce or fresh produce. Georgia Correctional Industries issued an RFQ in October 2026 for 880-bag increments of kidney beans with delivery included in bid pricing; the Oregon Department of Corrections requested bids on approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans in June 2026 at $0.493 per pound (historical price); and the State of Oregon posted a solicitation for triple-cleaned dried black beans in August 2026 for institutional use by state agencies and educational institutions. Broader institutional food supply tenders from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the City of Edinburg for a Child and Adult Care Food Program, Georgia for general food and kitchen supplies, and Illinois for quarterly food orders show that state procurement offices and corrections departments use these codes to buy dried staple proteins and packaged food products in bulk for institutional meal service, not fresh vegetables.

Activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with secondary procurement in Texas and Illinois. State corrections and institutional-food programs are the primary issuing bodies, with limited municipal participation. The code shows recent activity but minimal relevance to lolla rossa lettuce procurement; state and local buyers classifying dried beans and institutional food staples under this code suggest either a taxonomy mismatch or that the code's scope is broader than its name indicates. If pursuing this code, focus on state corrections departments, institutional food service contracts, and bulk dried-commodity tenders rather than fresh produce or specialty lettuce varieties.