UNSPSC 50482708: Orange bouquet cauliflower purees

The variety of cauliflower known as orange bouquet cauliflowers which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50482708 Orange bouquet cauliflower purees is a Commodity code that sees limited direct solicitation by state and local governments; instead, state and local food service operations—primarily school districts, corrections departments, and health and human services facilities—procure purees and similar processed vegetable products as line items within broader food supply contracts. The recent opportunities do not isolate orange bouquet cauliflower purees as a standalone procurement. Rather, the code appears within aggregated food service buys covering hundreds of SKUs across produce, proteins, dairy, and prepared items. State and local buyers source these inputs through blanket grocery agreements, net-off-invoice programs, and quarterly food orders from broadline distributors and specialty food vendors capable of meeting USDA grade standards, sodium limits, shelf-life requirements, and delivery schedules to multiple school locations, corrections facilities, state hospitals, and supported living centers. Issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through high school systems), state corrections departments, state health and human services commissions operating institutional food service, and veterans' homes. School districts dominate recent activity, with individual districts and cooperative purchasing consortia managing annual food buys that start with specification documents and proceed to sealed-bid or RFP awards on a line-item or consolidated basis.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Georgia (Douglas County Schools, Muscogee County Schools, Liberty County Schools, Ben Hill County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools), Texas (HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, TDCJ cafeteria foods, statewide HHSC supplemental foods), Oregon (ODOC canned tomato and tomato paste procurements), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Illinois (Illinois Veterans Home quarterly food orders), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools). Representative recent opportunities include Ben Hill County Schools' IFB for FY 26–27 food products (multiple categories, four school locations, sealed bids due June 15, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (response deadline July 13, 2026, prior period value $1.5 million), the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for canned tomatoes (7,616 cases, bids due June 19, 2026, FOB Destination with delivery to Salem), and Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 (minimum 76 items from school delivery section, bids due April 27, 2026, covering 52 school locations and distribution kitchens). Prices in school food procurement typically remain firm for the contract year with mid-term adjustments permitted only for documented manufacturer price increases of 5 percent or greater. Most solicitations require respondents to meet extensive compliance obligations including Buy American Act certification (domestic content thresholds of 51 percent for agricultural commodities), HACCP food safety plans, proof of general liability insurance ($1 million minimum per occurrence), E-Verify employment authorization, and debarment certification.