UNSPSC 50401740: K-9 avocados

The variety of avocados known as k-9 avocados

UNSPSC 50401740 K-9 avocados is a Commodity code that does not reflect what state and local governments are actually buying under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code show procurement of broad fresh produce categories — apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, eggs, and other items — rather than avocados specifically. One solicitation (Texas Department of Criminal Justice IW241979-A) requests 1,200 tons of carrots; another (TDCJ IW253121) seeks sweet potatoes for canning; a third (State of Georgia PE55645) covers general food, supplies, and kitchen products. The code appears to be a data-entry or classification artifact rather than an accurate descriptor of institutional fresh-produce procurement activity. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with sealed-bid procurements from Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bulloch County Schools, Liberty County Schools, Muscogee County Schools, Glynn County Schools, Northside Independent School District (San Antonio), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa), Austin Independent School District, and others across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut. Head Start of Greater Dallas, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and city purchasing departments (San Antonio Department of Human Services, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut) also issue under this code. The purchasing is almost entirely institutional food service — school nutrition programs, child care food programs, cafeteria operations, and state correctional facilities.

The geographic spread is concentrated in Texas (TDCJ multi-site procurements, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD, Austin ISD), Georgia (multiple school districts and the State of Georgia itself), and Florida (Hillsborough County), with secondary activity in Connecticut (Meriden) and Missouri (Rockwood School District). Recent representative solicitations include Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Bid 26-34 for annual fresh produce (sealed bid, due April 23, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education IFB 016-SNS-2027 for fresh produce covering 40 line items (sealed bid, due June 16, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.), and Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs to serve 30 school districts via the GEC Buying Cooperative (sealed proposal, due March 4, 2026). Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 (sealed bid, due May 7, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.) and Hillsborough County Public Schools' FFVP vendor solicitation (proposals due March 11, 2026) show active demand for weekly multi-site delivery of pre-cut and fresh produce in case quantities, often with USDA compliance, HACCP certification, liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million general liability minimums), and pricing indexed to USDA market reports or terminal-market wholesale indices. Vendors commonly face weekly delivery schedules, product-quality specifications, and traceability and recall-management requirements tied to federal child nutrition reimbursement programs and USDA Buy American provisions.