UNSPSC 50482901: Bright lights chard purees

The variety of chard known as bright lights chard which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50482901 Bright lights chard purees, a Commodity code, does not align with state and local procurement activity currently posted under this designation. Recent opportunities tagged with this code document state and local governments buying general food service consumables — prepared and shelf-stable food products, canned goods, fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and food service supplies — for institutional feeding programs. The code's nominal scope (bright lights chard purees, a specific produce item) bears no relationship to the actual purchases being solicited, which span broad categories of food and consumables for correctional facilities, state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and county social services operations. The mismatch suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or that the code has been repurposed to capture broader food procurement activity within state and local systems.

Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois, and Georgia), county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia), and independent school districts (Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia). Texas agencies, particularly HHSC and TDCJ, appear as repeat buyers. Recent opportunities span Texas (Lufkin and El Paso State Supported Living Centers, TDCJ cafeteria procurement), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, State of Georgia), Oregon (canned tomatoes procurement by Department of Corrections), and Illinois. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for Lufkin State Supported Living Center consumables due October 23, 2026; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections bid for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes due June 19, 2026 with Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences (5% evaluation boost); and Ben Hill County Schools IFB #26271 for school nutrition program food products due June 15, 2026 with Buy American Act requirements. Contract values where disclosed range from estimates of $1.5 million annually (Texas HHSC El Paso facility) to $4.5 million over three years (Texas HHSC supplemental food statewide procurement).