UNSPSC 50486102: Bloomsdale spinach purees

The variety of spinach known as bloomsdale spinach which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50486102 Bloomsdale spinach purees, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent procurement activity tied directly to this specific product. The single state and local opportunity explicitly tagged to the code is the State of Illinois' FY-27 IVHQ quarterly food order (RFQ 27497DVAQUINCB52821, response due June 26, 2026), which requests weekly food supply fulfillment including brand-specific items or approved equivalents under Illinois standard procurement terms. The broader opportunities in the recent dataset are tagged to related food-service codes and reveal the actual purchasing pattern: school districts, state agencies managing correctional facilities, state health and human services departments, and veterans' homes procure large volumes of processed and fresh food products through IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs. These opportunities span canned tomatoes, fresh produce, eggs, proteins, dairy, prepared entrees, and consumable supplies—all categories in which purees and other processed vegetable products would compete for shelf space in institutional food service contracts.

Activity concentrates in Georgia (school districts including Liberty County, Muscogee County, Burke County, Savannah-Chatham, and Douglas County systems), Texas (HHSC and TDCJ procurements with contract values reaching $4.5 million and $9 million annually), Illinois (veterans' homes), and Oregon (Department of Corrections). Contract periods typically run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options extending two to four years, and pricing is firm-fixed for the initial term with cost-adjustment provisions tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service indices or Consumer Price Index benchmarks. Issuing bodies range from independent school districts managing $1.5 million to $9 million annual food budgets to state departments procuring statewide for dozens of facilities. Most solicitations require 95 percent or greater line-item response rates, compliance with Buy American requirements where applicable (domestic commodities or U.S.-processed ingredients), and delivery within 7 to 30 days of order placement. No set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear in the recent postings, and evaluation consistently favors lowest responsive bid or best value based on price, specification compliance, and vendor performance history. Bloomsdale spinach purees, as a processed vegetable product, would align with the produce and prepared-food line items in these institutional menus, but the code shows limited direct recent solicitation activity compared to broader fresh-produce and general-grocery procurement codes.