UNSPSC 50401902: Albina vereduna beets

The variety of beets known as albina vereduna beets

UNSPSC 50401902 Albina vereduna beets, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged with this code overwhelmingly solicit fresh produce broadly—fruits, vegetables, and eggs across school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and federally funded child nutrition initiatives—rather than beets specifically or albina veredura varieties. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the real work being bought suggests either miscoding or a legacy taxonomy issue; vendors pursuing this code should treat it as a proxy for general fresh-produce supply contracts, not a specialized beet procurement.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with sealed-bid and RFP procurements from Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Northside Independent School District (San Antonio), Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District (Texas), and Georgia school systems including Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, and Muscogee County. Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Head Start of Greater Dallas also appear as institutional food service buyers. The geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with additional activity in Florida, Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District). Representative recent opportunities include Bartow County Schools' RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables, due June 22, 2026, requiring 400-mile sourcing within Georgia; Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce with five-day-per-week delivery to 117 campuses, proposals due May 7, 2026; and Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB IW253079 for carrots and IFB IW253121 for sweet potatoes for canning, both due June 23, 2026. Weekly or twice-weekly delivery to multiple sites is standard; HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, and $500,000–$2 million liability insurance are common requirements. Contract terms typically run one school or fiscal year with options for renewal, and pricing models range from fixed unit prices to cost-plus structures with USDA market-index adjustments.