UNSPSC 50496800: Organic nominant vegetable purees

Organic vegetable types that belong to no other class and have no other organic vegetable commodities related to them which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50496800 Organic nominant vegetable purees is a Class code. State and local governments buy canned and processed vegetable products under this code—tomato pastes, canned tomatoes in multiple cuts and preparations, and related shelf-stable produce items sourced for institutional food service. Recent solicitations show the code captures broader vegetable procurement activity than the nominal name suggests, with issuing bodies treating it alongside general food-supply categories rather than as a specialized organic category. The mix of issuers includes school districts, state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, and state veterans' facilities. School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, with district-level RFPs and IFBs for quarterly and annual food contracts; these are joined by state institutions (corrections facilities, state-supported living centers, veterans' homes) seeking institutional food supply. The code does not appear to carry set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises in the recent opportunities posted.

The geographic spread covers multiple states with recent activity concentrated in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple canned-tomato and tomato-paste ITBs (solicitation numbers S2910000016405, S2910000016089, and S2910000015837) with response dates in February through April 2026; Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumables (HHS0016792 and HHS0017449) serving statewide facilities with historical values in the $1.5 million to $4.5 million range. School districts including Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia), Burke County Public Schools (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia) have posted annual and quarterly food procurement IFBs and RFPs for July 2026 contract starts, typically encompassing 200 to 900 line items with firm fixed pricing and delivery requirements to multiple school sites. The Illinois Veterans Home and Douglas County School System cooperative purchases round out the recent pipeline, indicating steady demand from institutional food-service operations across education, corrections, health services, and veterans' support.