UNSPSC 50495715: Organic susabi nori purees

The variety of organic sea vegetables known as organic susabi nori which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50495715 Organic susabi nori purees is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific seaweed product, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code do not reflect procurement of nori or seaweed products. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span broad food and consumable supplies for institutional food service — fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable products; condiments; and food service supplies for state-operated facilities, county social services, school districts, and correctional systems. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois), county purchasing offices (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County), school district nutrition programs (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), and state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice). The code shows a mismatch between its specific taxonomy name and the actual scope of work being solicited — vendors pursuing opportunities under this code should expect to bid on general institutional food service categories, not organic nori purees.

The geographic concentration of recent activity centers on Texas (multiple solicitations from HHSC and TDCJ), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and the State of Georgia), and Oregon (Department of Corrections). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (22 line items, due October 23, 2026), Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 for shelf-stable food items including proteins and canned vegetables (35 line items, due October 19, 2026), Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 for comprehensive food and related items across multiple categories (due June 15, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections' procurement for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better (due June 19, 2026, with 5% preference for Oregon-fabricated or Oregon-processed goods and Oregon resident bidders). Contract values range from modest annual volumes at individual facilities to multimillion-dollar statewide or multi-year arrangements; the Texas HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center contract carried a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million, and the HHSC supplemental food and consumables solicitation carried a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years.