UNSPSC 50401804: Barlotti beans

The variety of beans known as barlotti beans

UNSPSC 50401804 Barlotti beans is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce—including beans, carrots, potatoes, and other vegetables—primarily through school nutrition programs and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and state agencies buying barlotti beans and related fresh vegetables as components of broader fresh-produce or grocery-item contracts serving child nutrition, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs, and institutional cafeteria operations. The code encompasses ready-to-eat or minimally processed produce items meeting USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance and food safety standards including HACCP certification and traceability by farm of origin.

State and local issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through high school systems serving thousands of students), state departments of criminal justice operating institutional food service, county boards of education, municipal school systems, and special-purpose procurement cooperatives buying on behalf of multi-district consortia. School districts dominate recent activity, with Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut showing the most recent solicitation volume. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) soliciting fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under RFB 4163 with a July 29, 2026 due date, requiring produce sourced within 400 miles and delivered in ready-to-eat form with traceability documentation; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing multiple IFBs for carrots, white potatoes, and sweet potatoes for institutional canning and food service; and Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) seeking fresh produce via RFP 2026-048 due May 7, 2026, requiring USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance and five-days-per-week delivery to 117 school campuses. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and multi-district cooperative procurements) and Texas (TDCJ, NISD, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD), with additional activity in Florida (Hillsborough County), Connecticut (Meriden), and Missouri (Rockwood).