UNSPSC 50483613: Verona endive purees

The variety of endives known as verona endives which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50483613 Verona endive purees (Commodity) does not reflect the work actually being solicited under this code in recent state and local procurement. The recent opportunities posted against this taxonomy are almost entirely institutional food service procurements—state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, schools, and counties—buying bulk shelf-stable groceries, prepared proteins, dairy, frozen vegetables, and food service consumables and supplies rather than specialty produce items like endive purees. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois), state correctional agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections), and county and municipal school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners) across a wide geographic footprint. The scope of work under this code in practice spans hundreds of line items per solicitation—canned tomatoes, frozen chicken, pasta, condiments, napkins, food containers, and similar commodities—rather than specialty pureed vegetables.

Activity is concentrated in Texas (Health and Human Services Commission solicitations for El Paso and Lufkin state supported living centers, TDCJ cafeteria food products), Georgia (Gwinnett County food items, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, State of Georgia food and kitchen products), and Oregon (Department of Corrections canned tomatoes). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (22 line items, bids due October 23, 2026), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (35 line items, quotes due October 19, 2026), Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (bids due June 19, 2026, with an Oregon-fabricated goods preference), and Ben Hill County Schools IFB #26271 for school nutrition food products across four schools (bids due June 15, 2026, subject to Buy American Act requirements). The code shows substantial recent activity but little evidence of the specialty produce item its name suggests.