UNSPSC 50401849: Tonka beans

The variety of beans known as tonka beans

UNSPSC 50401849 Tonka beans is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy fresh produce—primarily fresh fruits and vegetables—under this code to supply institutional food services at correctional facilities, mental health centers, state-supported living centers, school districts, senior centers, parks and recreation departments, and child care programs. Recent solicitations show the code captures broad fresh-produce procurement including individual vegetable items (carrots, potatoes, onions), mixed fresh-fruit-and-vegetable contracts, pre-processed ready-to-eat produce in portion-controlled packaging, and organic or locally sourced produce meeting USDA and state nutrition standards. State agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health) dominate recent activity, alongside school districts, county boards of education, municipal parks departments, and independent food service providers serving Head Start and senior meal programs. The issuing bodies span multiple states, with Texas showing the highest concentration of recent solicitations (TDCJ fresh-produce contracts for food warehouses at Palestine, Snyder, and Wynne; HHSC food-service contracts for Lufkin and Mexia state-supported living centers), followed by Georgia (Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools) and Illinois (Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center, Department of Mental Health Madden Mental Health Center). Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas also show activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 (consumable foods for canteen and campus at Lufkin State Supported Living Center, due October 23, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh-fruit-and-vegetable solicitations for multiple food warehouses (due October 14 and 19, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections' IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 (fresh produce with bi-weekly delivery to Joliet Treatment Center, small-business set-aside, due September 3, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (fresh-fruit-and-vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles and Wisconsin, approximately 5,900 weekly servings for USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, due July 29, 2026), and Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 (local fresh fruits and vegetables from farms within 400 miles, 2026-2027 school year, due June 22, 2026).