UNSPSC 50444601: Frozen bibb lettuce

The variety of lettuce known as bibb lettuce that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50444601 Frozen bibb lettuce, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within institutional food procurement, though recent state and local opportunities show minimal direct activity under this specific code. Instead, purchasing entities issue solicitations for broader frozen-vegetable categories—frozen corn, assorted blends, carrots, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, and mixed varieties—bundled into larger procurements that span multiple frozen-produce line items. State and local food buyers, particularly correctional facilities, school districts, and health-and-human-services agencies, acquire frozen vegetables as components of institutional meal programs, with bibb lettuce appearing only incidentally, if at all, in the recent sample of posted opportunities.

Issuing bodies across the dataset include state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Dallas ISD, Rockwood R-VI, Bulloch County Schools, Early County Schools, Burke County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County, City Schools of Decatur), county governments (Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Douglas County Georgia), and other state agencies (New Jersey Department of Human Services). Frozen-vegetable procurement is driven primarily by school nutrition programs operating under federal Child Nutrition Act requirements and by institutional food service operations serving incarcerated and resident populations. Geographic activity clusters in Oregon (multiple ODOC frozen-produce ITBs issued February through July 2026), Texas (TDCJ and HHSC solicitations), Georgia (school district bids in Bulloch, Early, Burke, Decatur, Savannah-Chatham, and Douglas counties), and Mid-Atlantic states (Pennsylvania, New Jersey). The Oregon Department of Corrections appears as a repeat buyer, issuing at least four frozen-vegetable ITBs between February and July 2026. Representative recent solicitations include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017451 (frozen corn, 40,000 pounds, ITB due July 24, 2026), Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017439 (frozen potato products, 120,000 pounds, ITB due July 24, 2026), and Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0016792 (supplemental food and consumables including frozen vegetables, IFB due February 23, 2026). No recent solicitations specifically naming frozen bibb lettuce as a distinct line item or commodity were identified in the dataset; the code sees little direct procurement activity at this granular level, with purchasing instead consolidated under broader frozen-vegetable and grocery categories.