UNSPSC 50221119: Cusco starchy corn

One of the varieties of corn with the greatest productive distribution, they are differentiated by their yield and quality, cultivated in the high Andean areas of the sierras, with tolerance to the scarcity of rain and adaptation to this climate, which has its origin in Cusco Peru.

UNSPSC 50221119 Cusco starchy corn is a Commodity code, but the most recent state and local opportunities posted under this classification show little direct demand for Cusco starchy corn itself. Instead, the code has attracted solicitations for fresh produce supply broadly — fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, and prepared produce items serving school nutrition programs, senior services, and correctional facilities across multiple states. State and local buyers are using the code to tag mixed produce procurement without systematic commodity-level specificity; the solicitation summaries reference apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, berries, and other staples rather than specialty corn varieties. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary buyers including state correctional systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county boards of education, city school systems, Head Start programs, and one senior-services procurement (City of San Antonio). Texas and Georgia show the heaviest recent activity, with secondary solicitations in Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and Texas child nutrition and criminal justice operations.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the breadth of the code's actual use. The Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued RFB 4163 on July 8, 2026, seeking fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, with bids due July 29, 2026 and a contract term of September 1 through November 30, 2026; vendors must source within 400 miles of Madison and meet ready-to-eat, pre-packaged delivery standards. The Bartow County School System (Georgia) released RFP 10-2026-019 on May 21, 2026, requesting local fresh fruits and vegetables with proposals due June 22, 2026, requiring 400-mile local sourcing and seasonal variety across 14 school locations. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued multiple IFBs for white potatoes (IW253099, due June 23, 2026), sweet potatoes for canning (IW253121), and carrots (IW253079), signaling institutional food-service demand with minimal scope detail. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio posted RFP 2026-048 on April 14, 2026, for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses five days weekly during the school year, with proposals due May 7, 2026 and contract running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Current activity is concentrated in school nutrition bidding cycles (spring for summer-to-summer contracts) and state institutional food service; Cusco starchy corn as a named commodity does not appear in any posted synopsis.