UNSPSC 50464619: Canned or jarred red boston lettuce

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

UNSPSC 50464619 Canned or jarred red boston lettuce is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure as part of broader food service supply contracts for institutional dining, cafeterias, and food banks rather than as a standalone line item. The recent solicitations under this code show that state health and human services agencies, departments of corrections, school districts, and county social services programs source shelf-stable canned vegetables—including canned lettuce products where specified—alongside dozens of other proteins, produce, condiments, and food service supplies within single comprehensive IFBs or RFQs. The work is driven by operational food service needs at state hospitals, state supported living centers, correctional facilities, school cafeterias, senior services centers, and institutional canteen operations. Issuing bodies span state health and human services commissions (Texas), departments of corrections (Oregon), school districts (Georgia, Texas), county boards of commissioners (Gwinnett County, Georgia), and state agencies with food-service mandates (Illinois).

Recent activity clusters heavily in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted at least three food procurement IFBs since May 2026—including IFB HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, prior period value approximately $1.5 million) and IFB HHS0018082 for Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026)—each spanning 20–22 line items of prepared foods and consumables for fiscal year 2027. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued IFB S2910000017145 on June 5, 2026, for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (due June 19, 2026), with Oregon-fabricated goods and resident bidders each receiving a 5 percent preference. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners solicited approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including canned vegetables under IWQ 140229 (due October 19, 2026). Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia each posted school nutrition food bids in May–June 2026 encompassing hundreds of line items including canned produce across multiple school locations. Activity indicates that canned lettuce, when solicited, typically appears as one line item among 20–400 items in larger institutional food contracts with seven-day to 72-hour delivery windows, F.O.B. Destination pricing, and annual contract terms with renewal options.