UNSPSC 50485813: Seaweed purees

The variety of sea vegetables known as seaweeds which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50485813 Seaweed purees is a Commodity code that, in practice, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity under its nominal scope. The recent opportunities tagged to this code actually represent broad-spectrum food-service procurement for state facilities, school districts, and correctional agencies — primarily shelf-stable proteins, canned vegetables, frozen entrees, dairy products, condiments, and food-service supplies rather than seaweed-based products. The issuing bodies are state health and human services departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Illinois), county governments (Gwinnett County, Georgia; Ben Hill County, Georgia), independent school districts (Burke County Public Schools, Ben Hill County Schools), and state procurement offices acting on behalf of multi-facility systems. Texas agencies appear as repeat buyers, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing multiple IFBs for food and consumables supplying state supported living centers and state hospitals statewide.

Recent activity centers on Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and Illinois. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026) covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food-service supplies with F.O.B. Destination delivery; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable foods including canned proteins and rice (due October 19, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better standards (due June 19, 2026, with a prior February 2026 award at $13.75 per case). The code's nominal scope—seaweed purees—does not align with the actual procurement activity present in the current opportunity set, suggesting the code assignment is a data-entry or taxonomy-matching artifact rather than a signal of demand for seaweed products in state and local contracting.