UNSPSC 50492400: Organic cardoon purees

The type of organic vegetable known as organic cardoons which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50492400 Organic cardoon purees is a Class code that nominally names a narrow product category, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under it do not reflect procurement of cardoon purees at all. Instead, the code appears in the taxonomy applied by issuing bodies to multi-item food-service procurements spanning shelf-stable proteins, canned vegetables, dairy, grains, and consumable food-service supplies. The actual work being solicited under this code includes competitive bidding for bulk food supply to state health and human services facilities, correctional institutions, school districts, and county senior services programs. Issuing bodies range from state health and human services commissions (Texas HHS Commission, Illinois state procurement) and state correctional departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice) to county boards of commissioners (Gwinnett County, Georgia) and independent school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and others in Georgia). The code sees no standout repeat buyers; rather, it reflects a fragmented procurement landscape where state departments, county governments, and school nutrition programs each conduct their own food-service competitions.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0016792v2 for supplemental food and consumables (210 line items, responses due March 19, 2026, maximum value $4.5 million over three years) serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide; the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (IFB due June 19, 2026, prior award at $13.75 per case); Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (quotes due October 19, 2026) for the Department of Community Services; Burke County Public Schools' sealed bid for school nutrition (nearly 400 line items across five schools, bid opening June 8, 2026); and Ben Hill County Schools' IFB for food products across multiple categories (bids due June 15, 2026, delivery to four school locations). The mismatch between the code name and actual procurement activity signals either a data-classification error at the source or a decision by issuing bodies to apply a narrow commodity code to broad food-service aggregations; vendors pursuing opportunities tagged under this code should verify the actual scope in each solicitation rather than rely on the code descriptor alone.