UNSPSC 50493803: Organic bottle gourd purees

The variety of organic gourds known as organic bottle gourd which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50493803 Organic bottle gourd purees, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code represents a narrow specialty vegetable product, but the recent opportunities in the source block are soliciting broad food procurement across produce, proteins, dairy, canned goods, and prepared foods for institutional food service at state hospitals, state supported living centers, correctional facilities, and school districts. None of the opportunities explicitly name organic bottle gourd purees or specifically target gourd purees as a line item. The Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Health and Human Services Commission have issued multiple solicitations for canned tomatoes, tomato paste, and general food consumables; Fairfax County Public Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, Ben Hill County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Burke County Public Schools, and other school nutrition programs have posted bids for master grocery contracts and fresh produce. These solicitations emphasize broad sourcing of commodity-level food products with USDA compliance, Buy American requirements, and fixed pricing across hundreds of line items, but none identify organic bottle gourd purees as a procurement requirement or category.

School districts and state institutional food service buyers dominate recent activity, concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Oregon, Illinois, and Virginia, with purchases running from $1.5 million to $9 million annually in multi-year contracts. The geographic spread reflects typical institutional food service demand across public education and state health and corrections operations nationwide. Without evidence that state and local agencies are soliciting organic bottle gourd purees as a standalone or line-item product, this code carries minimal activity signal for vendors in the space.