UNSPSC 50486106: Malabar spinach purees

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

UNSPSC 50486106 Malabar spinach purees, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of state and local procurement activity posted under this taxonomy designation. The recent opportunities linked to this code show no procurement of malabar spinach purees or any spinach-specific food product; instead, they document broad food and consumable supply solicitations for state institutions, school districts, and correctional facilities. The opportunities reveal a fundamental mismatch between the code's narrow commodity definition and how state procurement offices are tagging their food-service buys. State agencies, county nutrition programs, school districts, and institutional food-service operations issue these solicitations regularly, and they source hundreds of line items spanning proteins, dairy, produce, condiments, frozen entrees, baking supplies, and food-service consumables—not single commodity classes. The issuing bodies include state health and human services departments (Texas HHS, Georgia, Illinois), state correctional departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections), county school nutrition programs (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia; Gwinnett County in Georgia), and county senior services (Gwinnett County). Vendor performance tracking, Buy American compliance, HACCP plans, liability insurance minimums ($500,000 to $1,000,000 aggregate), and E-Verify employment verification are standard requirements across the portfolio.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon during the recent window (May through October 2026), with Texas Health and Human Services and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice each issuing multiple IFBs. Representative solicitations include the Texas HHS Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center (posted June 11, 2026; due July 13, 2026; prior-period value $1.5 million), which covered food and consumables across 385, 390, 380, and 393 NIGP classes; the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (posted June 5, 2026; due June 19, 2026; prior purchase $13.75 per case); Ben Hill County Schools' IFB for food products across four school locations (posted May 19, 2026; due June 15, 2026; contract July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027); and the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 line items to supply Texas Department of Criminal Justice warehouses (extended response due May 4, 2026; contract term through August 31, 2027 with two renewal options). The code shows little relevant recent activity specific to malabar spinach purees and should not be relied upon for targeting opportunities in this commodity family.