UNSPSC 50464618: Canned or jarred mache lettuce

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

UNSPSC 50464618 Canned or jarred mache lettuce is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure as part of broader food service operations for institutional feeding programs—schools, correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, veterans' homes, and other public entities. The recent solicitations tagged with this code show little direct activity for mache lettuce specifically; instead, they reflect institutional food procurement more broadly, where canned and jarred produce items are bundled into larger grocery or food supply contracts alongside proteins, dairy, fresh produce, and prepared foods. State and local issuing bodies acquiring under this code span school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Douglas County Schools in Georgia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Muscogee County School District in Georgia), state agencies and departments (Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers), and specialized state facilities (HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center). School nutrition programs and state institutional food service drive the bulk of recent procurement activity.

Recent solicitations show activity concentrated in the South and Pacific Northwest, with Georgia school districts appearing most frequently in the record (Ben Hill County Schools IFB due June 15, 2026; Burke County Public Schools sealed bid due June 5, 2026; Liberty County Board of Education IFB due April 29, 2026; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System bid due April 23, 2026; Muscogee County School District ITB due April 27, 2026), alongside multi-state or statewide procurements from Texas (HHSC IFB HHS0017449 for El Paso facility due July 13, 2026; HHSC IFB HHS0016792 for supplemental food and consumables statewide), Oregon (ODOC canned tomato ITB due June 19, 2026), Illinois (Illinois Veterans Home RFQ due June 26, 2026 for quarterly food orders), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools master grocery IFB due April 27, 2026). The geographic pattern reflects institutional food service networks spread across multiple states, with no single jurisdiction dominating the activity. Canned vegetables and other shelf-stable food items appear embedded in these larger food supply RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs rather than solicited as standalone commodity buys; the recent record does not surface standalone mache lettuce opportunities, indicating limited discrete procurement activity at the Commodity code level.