UNSPSC 50464616: Canned or jarred lamb’s lettuces

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

UNSPSC 50464616 Canned or jarred lamb's lettuces, a Commodity code, nominally describes a single preserved-vegetable product line, but state and local procurement under this code actually spans broad food-service supply for institutional cafeterias, canteens, and dining facilities. Recent solicitations show purchasing bodies treating the code as a catch-all for bulk food procurement across multiple product categories—fresh, frozen, canned, and dry goods—rather than specifically seeking lamb's lettuces. Issuing bodies are predominantly state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois state operations, Georgia state agencies) and county and school-district nutrition programs (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools). The mix reflects state-level institutional food service (state supported living centers, correctional facilities, state hospitals) alongside regional school nutrition budgets. Work solicited spans hundreds of line items per procurement, including proteins, dairy, fresh and frozen produce, canned vegetables, condiments, breads, and food-service supplies (containers, napkins, gloves), with emphasis on USDA grades, shelf-life compliance, and Child Nutrition Act standards where schools are involved.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas (multiple Health and Human Services solicitations, Department of Criminal Justice), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, state procurement), and Oregon (Department of Corrections), with supplemental activity in Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (22 line items, bids due October 23, 2026), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners informal written quote for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (35 line items, quotes due October 19, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (bids due June 19, 2026, prior purchase at $13.75 per case), and Ben Hill County Schools IFB for comprehensive food products across four school locations (bids due June 15, 2026, with Buy American Act requirements). Contract values range from small ($13.75-per-case commodity buys) to substantial ($4.5 million potential over three years for HHSC statewide supplemental food and consumables). The code shows no recent activity specific to lamb's lettuces; the actual buying is commodity-agnostic bulk-food provisioning. Delivery, F.O.B. Destination with freight prepaid, USDA compliance, three-verifiable-reference requirements, and 72-hour-to-seven-day delivery windows are standard across jurisdictions.