UNSPSC 50491503: Organic french artichoke purees

The variety of organic artichokes known as organic french artichokes which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50491503 Organic french artichoke purees, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent activity aligned with its stated scope. State and local governments do not appear to be actively procuring artichoke purees under this code; instead, recent solicitations tagged to this category focus on broad institutional food service provisioning—including fresh, frozen, canned, and prepared foods for state hospitals, correctional facilities, supported living centers, school districts, and county senior services. The work being solicited comprises hundreds of line items spanning proteins, dairy, produce, grains, condiments, and consumable kitchen supplies purchased on a standing or quarterly basis to feed resident, inmate, student, and client populations across multiple facilities. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions, departments of corrections, school nutrition programs, county purchasing offices, and special-purpose districts, with Texas Health and Human Services Commission appearing repeatedly across multiple solicitations for state-supported living centers and state hospitals.

Recent procurement activity clusters in Texas, Oregon, and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple IFBs for food and consumables serving state-supported living centers in Lufkin and El Paso with response dates in August and June 2026 and estimated annual contract values in the $1.5 million range; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's office, solicited cafeteria food products for prison warehouse distribution across five geographic areas with a May 4, 2026 response date. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a June 2026 IFB for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes with a prior-year reference price of $13.75 per case. In Georgia, school districts including Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools issued food bids in May and June 2026 covering nearly 400 line items each for fiscal 2026–2027 nutrition programs, and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners posted an October 2026 informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items. None of these recent solicitations specify organic artichoke purees as a line item or requirement; the code appears misaligned with actual procurement patterns under it.