UNSPSC 50494504: Organic lolla rossa lettuce purees

The variety of organic lettuce known as organic lolla rossa lettuce which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50494504 Organic lolla rossa lettuce purees (Commodity) represents a narrow product category within fresh produce procurement, but recent state and local solicitations under this code show minimal activity aligned with the commodity's specific scope. State and local governments do procure food products—including fresh produce, canned goods, proteins, dairy items, and prepared foods—through school nutrition programs, corrections departments, health and human services facilities, and veterans homes, but the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly calling for organic lolla rossa lettuce purees. The issuing bodies soliciting food products span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Burke County and Liberty County in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Savannah-Chatham in Georgia, and Douglas County in Georgia), state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), state veterans facilities (Illinois Veterans Home), and county school nutrition programs across multiple states. These jurisdictions typically award multi-year contracts with renewal options, require firm fixed pricing with allowances for index-based or formula-driven adjustments, enforce Buy American provisions, mandate HACCP compliance and food safety certifications, and increasingly specify whole grain, low-sodium, and nutritionally optimized product lines.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina), Texas, and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington), with secondary activity in the Midwest (Missouri, Illinois) and Mid-Atlantic (Virginia). Representative recent opportunities include Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with prior historical value of $1.5 million), Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for canned tomatoes (approximately 7,616 cases, due June 19, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 (due April 27, 2026, requiring minimum three years of business experience and food delivery service). The code itself shows little recent solicitation activity specific to organic lolla rossa lettuce purees; state and local buyers are actively procuring produce, but the commodity-level specificity of this code does not align with the broader, mixed-category food procurement notices that dominate recent activity. Vendors pursuing this code should verify whether procuring organizations actually specify organic lettuce purees as a line item or whether the broader produce and food categories (UNSPSC Family 50490000 or Class 50494000) better reflect current buying patterns.