UNSPSC 50464601: Canned or jarred bibb lettuce

The variety of lettuce known as bibb lettuce that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50464601 Canned or jarred bibb lettuce, a Commodity code, sees limited direct activity in recent state and local solicitations; the code itself does not appear explicitly in posted opportunities, and references to canned or jarred lettuce products are sparse or absent from the representative food-service procurements active across school districts, corrections departments, and state health facilities. State and local governments purchase shelf-stable canned and jarred vegetables—including lettuce where applicable—as part of broader institutional food-service contracts spanning fresh produce, frozen items, dairy, proteins, and prepared foods for school nutrition programs, state hospitals, supported living centers, and corrections facilities. The recent opportunities block documents active procurement by school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, Douglas County School System), corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Veterans Home), and state supply offices (State of Georgia, State of Illinois) issuing RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs for food commodities under cooperative purchasing vehicles and direct procurement.

Activity is concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia, with school districts representing the largest category of recent issuers. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 (El Paso State Supported Living Center food and consumables, response due July 13, 2026), the Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 (Master Grocery K-12 for 45 schools, response due April 27, 2026), Ben Hill County Schools IFB #26271 (food products for school nutrition, response due June 15, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016405 (canned tomatoes, approximately 7,616 cases, response due April 6, 2026). Vendors supplying under this code typically respond to line-item requests within larger institutional food baskets, with pricing firm or subject to indexed adjustment, delivery to multiple sites or central warehouses, and compliance with Buy American requirements, USDA grades, and food-safety certifications standard across jurisdictions. The code shows activity but does not dominate recent institutional food procurement; businesses pursuing it should view it as a secondary or component line within broader school-nutrition and institutional-food-service contracts rather than as a primary procurement category.