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 encompasses shelf-stable leafy greens and vegetable products procured by state and local institutions for food service operations. While the code's name specifies mache lettuce, state and local governments buy under this code—and related canned and jarred produce categories—as part of broad consumable food procurements for institutional cafeterias, food service supply chains, and nutritional programs. The issuing bodies soliciting under related food-service codes are primarily state health and human services departments operating state supported living centers and psychiatric hospitals, county and municipal school districts purchasing for nutrition programs across multiple school locations, and state correctional departments supplying inmate food services. Recent opportunities show that Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and Oregon Department of Corrections are repeat buyers of canned vegetables and shelf-stable produce, while Georgia and Texas school districts solicit comprehensive food bids encompassing canned vegetables alongside fresh and frozen items. State institutional food service typically bundles canned and jarred vegetables with proteins, dairy, grains, and consumable supplies in single-award or multi-line-item procurements rather than sourcing mache lettuce as a standalone item.

Recent solicitation activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. Texas HHSC has posted multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and state supported living centers statewide, with the May 2026 HHS0016792V2 IFB covering 210 line items across fresh, frozen, dry, and refrigerated food products (maximum potential value $4.5 million over three years); Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia posted an IFB for comprehensive school nutrition procurement in June 2026, and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia solicited sealed bids for nearly 400 line items across multiple food categories in May 2026, with delivery to five school locations. The Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing/Contracts Division requested bids for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes in June 2026 with Oregon-fabricated-goods and resident-bidder preferences applied. Response dates in the recent opportunities block range from May through October 2026, with most IFBs requiring three business days to two weeks for bid submission. Mache lettuce itself does not appear explicitly in any of the named recent solicitations; activity instead reflects broader institutional vegetable and produce purchasing where canned and jarred items are line items within much larger food-service contracts.