UNSPSC 50494509: Organic ruby romaine lettuce purees

The variety of organic lettuce known as organic ruby romaine lettuce which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50494509 Organic ruby romaine lettuce purees, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its specific product scope. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for organic romaine lettuce purees or closely related pureed lettuce products. The sourced opportunities instead reflect broad-based food procurement across produce, grocery staples, and institutional meal support—fresh produce, canned tomatoes, frozen entrees, dairy, proteins, and prepared foods—but not the specialized processed produce category this code nominally describes.

State and local governments soliciting under food-service UNSPSC codes are primarily school districts and institutional facilities. The recent opportunities show school nutrition programs dominating the activity: Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia all issued IFBs or RFPs for annual grocery and fresh-produce contracts. Texas health and human services facilities and the Oregon Department of Corrections also appear as repeat institutional buyers. These procurement bodies typically issue annual or multi-year term contracts with firm fixed pricing, Buy American or domestic-sourcing requirements, HACCP or food safety compliance mandates, and delivery schedules tied to weekly or bulk warehouse operations. Geographic concentration is evident in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois. The sourced opportunities span canned tomatoes (Oregon DOC, multiple cases), fresh produce (Georgia schools, Douglas County multi-district RFP at $4.4 million Area One), and supplemental food for state hospitals and supported living centers (Texas HHSC, $4.5 million maximum over three years). None of these recent solicitations explicitly request pureed lettuce or processed lettuce products, suggesting the code may see limited procurement activity under its narrow product definition or may be applied inconsistently in state and local systems. Pursue only if your firm has established supply relationships in institutional food service and can verify actual lettuce purée demand through direct outreach to school nutrition directors or institutional food service procurement offices.