UNSPSC 50434604: Dried organic lolla rossa lettuce

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

UNSPSC 50434604 Dried organic lolla rossa lettuce is a Commodity code that in practice spans fresh and processed vegetable procurement for state and local food service operations, though the recent solicitation activity shows little direct demand for the specific product. State and local food-service buyers — school districts, corrections departments, and municipal child nutrition programs — are actively procuring vegetables and produce through broader family-level codes that capture fresh produce, frozen vegetables, and commodity staples without narrowing to organic varieties or specific lettuce types. The issuing bodies include large school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia), state corrections agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). School districts dominate this activity, typically procuring through consolidated RFP or IFB vehicles that bundle dozens or hundreds of line items across vegetable, fruit, grain, dairy, and protein categories rather than isolating organic lettuce as a standalone procurement.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, and Oregon, with Georgia appearing most active across multiple recent school district procurements. Representative opportunities include Muscogee County School District's ITB 26-017 for fresh produce (approximately 60 line items, bid due April 27, 2026), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's Bid 26-34 for fresh produce (72 produce items with an estimated annual volume of 21,125 cases for Fuji apples alone, bid due April 23, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (weekly delivery to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens, bid due April 27, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One (bid due March 4, 2026). No recent solicitations explicitly request dried organic lolla rossa lettuce; the activity visible under this code reflects procurement of fresh produce generally, with organic specifications and lettuce varieties appearing as subsets of much broader vegetable and produce categories if at all.