UNSPSC 50424615: Dried iceberg lettuce

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

UNSPSC 50424615 Dried iceberg lettuce (Commodity) does not match the work state and local governments are actually buying under this code. The recent opportunities block shows no procurements for dried iceberg lettuce itself; instead, the opportunities tagged to this code solicit dried beans—kidney beans, pinto beans, red beans, and black beans—along with broader institutional food-service supplies for correctional facilities, school meal programs, and state agencies. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual solicitation activity suggests this code sees little relevant recent procurement volume, or issuing bodies are applying it to dried-legume and institutional-foodservice categories more broadly than the code name indicates.

The issuing bodies in the opportunities block are state correctional and food-service agencies: the Georgia Department of Corrections, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the City of Edinburg Parks and Recreation (for a child and adult care meal program), and the State of Illinois. Georgia Correctional Industries issued an RFQ for 880 bags of kidney beans with responses due October 9, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections issued an IFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with a combined 10% Oregon-goods and Oregon-headquarters evaluation preference and a historical purchase price of $0.493 per pound from incumbent Intersect USA; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued an IFB for roughly 382 line items of cafeteria food products across multiple categories due May 4, 2026 (extended via Addendum No. 2), with delivery required to six TDCJ distribution points across Texas on FOB Destination terms. Institutional food-service procurement in the South, Pacific Northwest, and Texas shows the most visible recent activity, though the sparse volume and code mismatch limit the decision signal.