UNSPSC 50401909: Chioggia beets

The variety of beets known as chioggia beets

UNSPSC 50401909 Chioggia beets, a Commodity code, encompasses fresh produce supply to state and local institutional food service operations—primarily correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, mental health treatment centers, school districts, and senior programs. State and local buyers procure chioggia beets and related root vegetables as components of broader fresh produce contracts serving cafeterias, canteens, and nutrition programs; the code sits within a larger family of fresh vegetable procurement where beets appear alongside carrots, potatoes, onions, and leafy greens in multi-item solicitations. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and health and human services, county school nutrition programs, city senior services divisions, and regional health coalitions. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Early County), Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health, Wisconsin school districts, and Collier County Parks and Recreation represent repeat and standout institutional buyers across recent opportunities. Work solicited includes fresh produce sourcing for institutional meal service—schools, prisons, state living centers, mental health facilities, and senior meal programs—with quality standards emphasizing USDA compliance, traceability documentation by farm of origin where required by local-procurement preferences, and bi-weekly to weekly delivery schedules.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has solicited fresh fruit and vegetable supply to multiple food warehouses (Snyder, Wynne, Palestine facilities) in September and October 2026; Texas Health and Human Services Commission sought canteen and food service groceries for Lufkin and Mexia State Supported Living Centers in August and October 2026 (IFB HHS0018082, HHS0017798, HHS0017799, with response dates August 25 and October 23, 2026). Georgia school districts—Bryan County, Bartow County, Dougherty County, and Early County—posted produce bids in May 2026 with responses due late May through mid-June, emphasizing local sourcing within 400 miles. Illinois Department of Corrections (Joliet Treatment Center, RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026) and Department of Mental Health (Madden Mental Health Center, small purchase 27444DHSMENTHB53608, due August 14, 2026) solicited fresh produce. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (due July 29, 2026) with 400-mile Wisconsin-sourcing requirement. Head Start of Greater Dallas and Collier County (Florida) Parks and Recreation also conducted produce procurement. No specific opportunity currently solicits chioggia beets by name; the code's activity derives from its inclusion in multi-item fresh produce line-item bids where specific beet varieties are not typically itemized separately or are bundled within generic "root vegetables" or "fresh vegetables" line items.