UNSPSC 50401506: Midi artichokes

The variety of artichokes known as midi artichokes

UNSPSC 50401506 Midi artichokes, a Commodity code, has little current relevance to state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities block names one solicitation explicitly tagged to this code—a Texas Department of Criminal Justice carrot procurement (IFB IW241979-A, March 2026)—which plainly does not match midi artichokes and appears to reflect a tagging error. The remaining opportunities posted under fresh produce, produce, and grocery categories span school districts, county education systems, and state agencies across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut, but they address generic fresh-produce procurement across dozens of line items (apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, eggs, potatoes, onions) rather than artichokes specifically or midi varieties in particular. No issuing body has solicited midi artichokes as a standalone item or contract line, and no vendor responses, awards, or activity appears in the source material.

Activity under codes nominally related to fresh produce is concentrated among school nutrition programs and state-operated institutional food service operations. School districts dominate: Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Bartow County Schools (Georgia), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), Bryan County Schools (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Henry County Schools (Georgia) have all posted RFPs, RFQs, or IFBs for fresh produce during the past four months. State and county correctional agencies—the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and early-county operations—also procure bulk vegetables and potatoes for institutional food service. Geographic concentration is heavy in Georgia (ten-plus school districts and state-agency notices) and Texas (state TDCJ procurements, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD). Typical school-district solicitations target weekly or twice-weekly delivery of 40–72 produce line items to 10–60 school sites, with contract terms running July through June and renewal options of one to four additional years. Pricing is typically firm for an initial 60–90-day period, then subject to adjustment based on USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Department of Labor Consumer Price Index data. Evaluation favors lowest responsive bid, with secondary weighting on quality, delivery reliability, and compliance with Buy American and USDA food-safety standards. No recent opportunity specifically names midi artichokes as a solicited item.