UNSPSC 50464613: Canned or jarred crisphead lettuces

The variety of lettuce known as crisphead lettuces that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50464613 Canned or jarred crisphead lettuces, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product segment within state and local food procurement that sees limited solicitation activity focused primarily on institutional food service. State and local governments procure canned and jarred crisphead lettuces as ingredients for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, veterans homes, and state health and human services institutions. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state departments (Illinois, Texas, Oregon), school districts (ranging from small rural districts to large suburban systems), and specialized state facilities such as supported living centers and correctional institutions. Recent opportunities show school districts and state agencies bundling lettuce purchases within broader food procurement categories rather than as standalone line items, which reflects how purchasing offices structure food supply contracts—around complete meal components and nutritional categories rather than individual produce varieties.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, and Missouri, with the most recent direct lettuce references embedded within larger food and produce solicitations. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 in June 2026 for food and consumable products serving state supported living centers and state hospitals statewide, with questions due June 22, 2026, and responses due July 13, 2026 under a firm fixed-price structure. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S2910000016405 in March 2026 for canned tomatoes (approximately 7,616 cases) delivered to its Central Distribution Center in Salem, Oregon, with bid closing June 19, 2026—a comparable commodity procurement. School districts in Georgia and Missouri, including Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools, solicited comprehensive food bids in May and June 2026 covering hundreds of line items across produce, proteins, and prepared foods, with responses due in late May and June. These school and state institutional buyers typically require USDA compliance, Buy American provisions, and firm fixed pricing for initial contract periods with allowances for cost adjustments tied to commodity price indices. Canned lettuce appears as one item among dozens or hundreds in these solicitations rather than as a standalone procurement, suggesting that firms pursuing this code should position lettuce supply as part of broader institutional food-service offerings rather than as a specialty input.