UNSPSC 50401827: Haricot beans

The variety of beans known as haricot beans

UNSPSC 50401827 Haricot beans is a Commodity code that does not reflect the scope of work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement. The recent opportunities block contains no haricot bean solicitations. Instead, the tagged opportunities span fresh produce procurement across multiple categories—apples, bananas, carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, and other fresh fruits and vegetables—sourced for school nutrition programs, senior services, institutional food service, and child care operations. The code as labeled does not align with the breadth of vegetable and fruit procurement being transacted at the state and local level under this identifier.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent activity from Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Austin Independent School District (Texas), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia), and multiple Georgia county school systems including Bulloch, Dougherty, Bryan, Liberty, Glynn, Henry, Muscogee, and Early County. State criminal justice departments—specifically the Texas Department of Criminal Justice—appear frequently, procuring produce for institutional canning and food service. Head Start of Greater Dallas and the City of San Antonio's Department of Human Services also solicit under this code. Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (due July 29, 2026), requiring locally sourced produce within 400 miles of Madison with organic preference pricing; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple IFBs for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes for institutional canning (due dates in June 2026); Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses five days per week (due May 7, 2026); and Meriden Public Schools' RFP 026-41 for commercial groceries and produce to 13 school sites with an anticipated contract value of approximately $3,100,000 (due February 25, 2026). School nutrition program procurements typically require USDA compliance, HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, general liability insurance of $500,000 to $2,000,000 minimum, weekly or twice-weekly deliveries during school hours, and firm pricing for 12 months with escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index indices.