UNSPSC 50493321: Organic telegraph improved cucumber purees

The variety of organic cucumbers known as organic telegraph improved cucumbers which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50493321 Organic telegraph improved cucumber purees is a Commodity code that covers specialized food products for institutional food service, though the recent state and local activity under this code shows little direct relevance to the nominal category. The recent solicitations tagged to this code involve broad-based institutional food procurement — weekly food orders, cafeteria supplies, school nutrition programs, and state facility food service — spanning proteins, produce, dairy, frozen items, canned goods, and consumable supplies rather than cucumber purees specifically. State and local issuing bodies pursuing food procurement include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System), state agencies and departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), and institutional state facilities (HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, Texas Department of Criminal Justice). School nutrition programs appear as the most active segment, with multiple districts issuing annual food service IFBs and RFPs in the March through June 2026 period.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with secondary activity in Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with a prior-period value of $1.5 million), the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts (due March 4, 2026, estimated at approximately $5.5 million combined for both areas), Ben Hill County Schools' IFB for comprehensive food products spanning nine product categories across four school locations (due June 15, 2026, with quarterly pricing adjustments permitted), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic distribution points (due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum). School districts typically require firm fixed pricing for initial periods with allowance for midterm or semi-annual adjustments indexed to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index benchmarks, Buy American compliance for domestic agricultural content, HACCP plan implementation, and liability insurance minimums ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence.