UNSPSC 50483408: Crystal lemon cucumber purees

The variety of cucumbers known as crystal lemon cucumbers which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50483408 Crystal lemon cucumber purees is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specialty produce purée product, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little relevance to that specific commodity. Instead, the opportunities reflect broad food procurement across multiple product categories — fresh and frozen produce, proteins, dairy, canned goods, condiments, and food service supplies — issued by state health and human services agencies, state prison and corrections departments, county boards of commissioners, and school districts for cafeteria, dining facility, and institutional food service operations. The work being solicited is supplies management and competitive bidding for recurring, high-volume food service contracts serving correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, senior centers, and school nutrition programs, typically on IFB or informal quote notice types with firm unit pricing, delivery within days of order, and compliance with USDA grading standards and federal food safety regulations.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for food and consumables to supply state-supported living centers in Lufkin and El Paso (HHS0018082 due Oct. 23, 2026; HHS0017449 due Jul. 13, 2026; HHS0016792V2 with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years), while the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products to supply Texas Department of Criminal Justice warehouses across five geographic areas (response extended to May 4, 2026). In Georgia, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners requested informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (IWQ 140229 due Oct. 19, 2026), Ben Hill County Schools sought sealed bids for comprehensive food and supplies (IFB #26271 due Jun. 15, 2026), and Burke County Public Schools requested bids on nearly 400 line items of groceries for five schools (sealed bids due Jun. 5, 2026). In Oregon, the Department of Corrections Purchasing Division solicited bids for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (due Jun. 19, 2026 at $13.75 per case from the prior February 2026 purchase). Smaller activity appears in Illinois. The code shows no decision-relevant alignment with the nominal commodity name; instead, it captures institutional food service supply chain activity where vendors compete primarily on unit pricing, delivery performance, and specification compliance.