UNSPSC 50481701: Connover's colossal asparagus purees

The variety of asparagus known as connover's colossal asparagus which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50481701 Connover's colossal asparagus purees is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual scope of work being solicited under it. Recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code cover broad food procurement for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and veterans' homes — spanning proteins, produce, dairy, canned goods, bakery items, and consumable supplies rather than asparagus purees specifically. The issuing bodies include state departments (Illinois, Texas Health and Human Services, Oregon Department of Corrections), school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Douglas County in Georgia, Liberty County in Georgia, Burke County in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia, Muscogee County in Georgia), and state agencies (Georgia Department of Education). School districts represent the dominant buyer category, pursuing food service contracts multiple times across the dataset for child nutrition and cafeteria operations. The code shows significant misalignment with its nominal scope — no recent opportunities explicitly reference asparagus purees or specialty vegetable products.

Recent activity is geographically concentrated in the Southeast and a handful of other states. Georgia school districts account for the largest cluster, with active procurements from Liberty County Schools (IFB due April 29, 2026), Burke County Schools (sealed bids due June 5, 2026), Muscogee County Schools (ITB due April 27, 2026), and Savannah-Chatham County Schools (bids due April 23, 2026). Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued two separate food and consumable bids — HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center (IFB due July 13, 2026) with historical value of $1.5 million and HHS0016792V2 for statewide supplemental food (maximum potential value $4.5 million over three years). Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple commodity procurements including canned tomatoes (IFB S2910000017145 due June 19, 2026 for approximately 7,616 cases) and tomato paste (ITB S2910000016089, historical price $27.75 per case). Virginia's Fairfax County Public Schools issued Master Grocery K-12 (IFB 2000004323 due April 27, 2026) for multi-school delivery across 45 schools. Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy posted quarterly food orders under RFQ 26497DVAQUINCB52821 (due June 26, 2026) and prior quarters. These procurements collectively signal steady institutional food service demand but reveal poor code-to-scope alignment — this code appears misapplied to general food service provisioning.