UNSPSC 50494500: Organic lettuce purees

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

UNSPSC 50494500 Organic lettuce purees, a Class code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities block contains no organic lettuce puree solicitations. Instead, the code shows activity centered on large-scale food procurement for institutional service — state hospitals, state supported living centers, correctional facilities, county senior services, school nutrition programs, and state agency cafeterias — spanning proteins, frozen and fresh produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and consumable food service supplies. The mismatch suggests either tagging error at the sourcing jurisdiction or that organic lettuce purees represent a negligible line item within broader institutional food contracts that are classified at a higher commodity aggregation level.

Activity over the past four months centers on Texas (Health and Human Services Commission procurement for state supported living centers and hospitals), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and the state procurement division), and Oregon (Department of Corrections). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears most frequently, with multiple IFBs for food and consumables serving statewide facilities; representative solicitations include HHS0018082 (Texas HHS, Lufkin State Supported Living Center consumables, IFB, due October 23, 2026) and HHS0017449 (Texas HHS, El Paso State Supported Living Center food and consumables, IFB, due July 13, 2026, with prior period value of $1.5 million). School district and county nutrition programs in Georgia have also posted multiple bids—Ben Hill County Schools issued a comprehensive food bid (IFB 26271, due June 15, 2026) and Burke County Public Schools sought line-item grocery procurement (due June 5, 2026)—while Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners posted an informal written quote for shelf-stable food items (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026). The Oregon Department of Corrections bid canned tomatoes (approximately 7,616 cases, due June 19, 2026). Because the code designation does not match the actual procurement scope, business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for decision-making purposes and search instead under broader commodity or family codes governing institutional food supply.