UNSPSC 50493500: Organic endive purees

The variety of organic vegetable known as organic endives which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50493500 Organic endive purees, a Class code, does not match recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope names a single processed vegetable product, but the recent-opportunities block contains no bids or solicitations for endive purees—organic or conventional. Instead, state and local food procurements under this code span broad grocery and food-service categories including fresh produce, canned goods, proteins, dairy, prepared entrees, and consumable supplies for school districts, corrections facilities, health and human services agencies, and veterans' homes. The mismatch suggests the code may have been applied to opportunities covering general food procurement without specificity to endive products, or the opportunities were incorrectly tagged with this commodity code.

School districts dominate recent activity, with Fairfax County Public Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Ben Hill County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, and Douglas County School System all issuing RFPs and IFBs for annual grocery and fresh-produce contracts in the February-to-June 2026 window. Texas and Oregon corrections and health agencies, the State of Illinois Veterans Home, and the Georgia State Department also posted food and consumable solicitations. Representative recent opportunities include Ben Hill County Schools' IFB for quarterly and seasonal food supplies (due June 15, 2026), Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumable products for state supported living centers (due July 13, 2026 under HHS0017449), Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract for 45 schools plus distribution kitchens (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026), and Muscogee County School District's fresh-produce ITB covering 60 line items with weekly delivery to 13 school sites (ITB 26-017, due April 27, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia. Contract values where disclosed run substantial—Douglas County School System's main-line food distribution approached $9 million annually; Texas HHSC's supplemental-food procurement had a maximum potential of $4.5 million over three years; and Georgia's GEC cooperative produce bid for 30 districts estimated $5.5 million combined.