UNSPSC 50496117: Organic pattypan squash purees

The variety of organic summer squashes and organic summer pumpkins known as organic pattypan squash which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50496117 Organic pattypan squash purees, a Commodity code, shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this code reflect broad food procurement for institutional food service—weekly food orders for veterans' homes, food and consumable supplies for state supported living centers, canned tomatoes for correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and fresh produce for school districts—none of which specifically request organic pattypan squash purees or purees of any kind. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual solicitations suggests either data-classification error or that state and local buyers do not currently solicit this product category through their standard procurement channels.

The issuing bodies in the recent opportunities include state departments (Illinois Veterans Home, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Education), school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), and regional cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative for multi-district procurement). Activity concentrates in Georgia (eight school districts), with additional volume in Texas (two state health agencies), Oregon (one correctional agency), Illinois (one veterans' home), Missouri (one school district), and Virginia (one large school district). If organic pattypan squash purees do enter state and local food-service procurement, they would most likely appear under fresh or frozen produce codes or in RFPs from school nutrition programs emphasizing whole-food, locally sourced, or organic ingredients; current activity under this code does not support pursuing it.