UNSPSC 50424620: Dried red headed lettuces

The variety of lettuce known as red headed lettuces that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424620 Dried red headed lettuces (Commodity) does not reflect the work actually being solicited under this code. Recent state and local opportunities tagged to this Commodity show procurement of dried beans — kidney beans, pinto beans, red beans, and black beans — for institutional food service rather than lettuce products of any kind. The code appears misapplied across the opportunities in the available dataset. State and local governments buying dried beans for correctional facilities, child and adult care food programs, and institutional meal services typically solicit them through RFQs and IFBs with multi-bag or bulk-pound specifications, all-inclusive pricing that wraps transportation and handling into unit cost, and strict compliance with USDA grading standards and food-safety protocols. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, state procurement offices acting on behalf of institutional users, and city food-service authorities managing federal meal-program compliance.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois, with state correctional and institutional purchasing offices as the primary buyers. Representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) requesting approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans, triple-cleaned and U.S. No. 2 or better grade, through OregonBuys with bids due June 19, 2026, and a 10% Oregon preference applied for evaluation; Georgia Correctional Industries requesting kidney beans in 880-bag increments with an October 9, 2026 response deadline; the City of Edinburg, Texas, issuing RFP 2026-017 for food and nonfood items supporting a Child and Adult Care Food Program, with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051; and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with a May 4, 2026 response deadline. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned to its nominal scope.