UNSPSC 50434602: Dried organic boston lettuce

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

UNSPSC 50434602 Dried organic boston lettuce, a Commodity code, covers fresh and preserved produce items that state and local food-service operations procure to support child nutrition programs, correctional institutions, school districts, and municipal meal services. The recent solicitations tagged under this code show minimal direct lettuce procurement and instead reflect the broader fresh and preserved produce category that encompasses leafy greens, vegetables, fruits, and related staples. State and local governments buying under this family acquire these items through competitive bid cycles (IFB, RFP, RFQ) with firm, fixed pricing and delivery schedules tied to school year calendars (July through June) and operational meal counts.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia), alongside state institutional buyers such as the Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and municipal nutrition programs including the City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP operation. Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon. Representative opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026) establishing term supply to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with weekly Monday-Friday deliveries; Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation (due April 29, 2026) spanning over 900 line items for 6,900 daily lunch participants; Muscogee County School District's ITB for fresh produce (due April 27, 2026) with approximately 60 produce line items evaluated on USDA index markup pricing; and the Oregon Department of Corrections' dried pinto and red beans ITB (due June 19, 2026) for 42,500 pounds at $0.493 per pound historical pricing. The code reflects seasonal produce and staple-item procurement cycles tied to school nutrition budgets and institutional meal service operations rather than organic-specific differentiation within the lettuce category.