UNSPSC 50483421: Telegraph improved cucumber purees

The variety of cucumbers known as telegraph improved cucumbers which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50483421 Telegraph improved cucumber purees is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific processed vegetable product, but state and local government purchasing under this code shows minimal relevant recent activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code overwhelmingly reflect broad food-service procurement for institutional cafeterias, state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and senior services — encompassing hundreds of line items across fresh proteins, frozen produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and food-service supplies. These solicitations bear no substantive relationship to cucumber purees specifically; the code appears to be either a misclassification or a legacy taxonomy artifact that does not map to actual state and local buying patterns in this commodity family.

The issuing bodies pursuing food-service procurement under or near this code span Texas Health and Human Services Commission (multiple state-supported living centers), Georgia county and school district systems (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Recent representative solicitations include the Texas HHS IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026), covering 210 line items with a maximum three-year value of $4.5 million; the Gwinnett County IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable foods (due October 19, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (due June 19, 2026, with a prior purchase at $13.75 per case). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Oregon and Illinois. The code shows no decision-relevant current market for cucumber purees as a standalone procurement line.