UNSPSC 50486806: Arugula purees

The type of vegetable known as arugula which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50486806 Arugula purees is a Commodity code covering specialized produce items state and local governments procure for food service operations, though recent activity under this specific code is sparse and dominated by broader food procurement solicitations that encompass arugula only incidentally within larger fresh produce or grocery categories. State and local issuing bodies pursuing food service contracts—including school districts, corrections departments, health and human services agencies, and state institutions—source produce through wide-ranging RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs that typically aggregate dozens or hundreds of line items rather than targeting individual items. When arugula appears in recent solicitations, it does so as one line among comprehensive produce lists spanning apples, bananas, leafy greens, tomatoes, peppers, and root vegetables. School districts dominate recent activity, with Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia), Burke County Public Schools (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) all posting food service contracts in the past six months. State corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice) and state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission) also appear as repeat buyers of commodity foods including produce, though their recent solicitations have emphasized canned tomatoes, fresh produce bundles, and comprehensive grocery lines rather than specialty leafy greens.

Geographic activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary presence in Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois. Georgia school districts alone account for roughly half the recent activity. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 (posted June 11, 2026; due July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products at state supported living centers, which encompasses produce under NIGP class codes but does not isolate arugula; Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 (posted April 6, 2026; due April 27, 2026) for Master Grocery K-12 spanning 45 schools with a minimum 76-item response requirement, where fresh produce is one section; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 (posted February 4, 2026; due March 4, 2026) for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across Georgia with an estimated combined annual value near $5.5 million. The absence of dedicated arugula solicitations and its subsumed treatment within broad vegetable line items suggest the code may see limited standalone procurement activity—buyers typically approach specialty produce as part of comprehensive food service contracts rather than via narrow commodity buys.