UNSPSC 50401910: Cylindra beets

The variety of beets known as cylindra beets

UNSPSC 50401910 Cylindra beets is a Commodity code that names a single produce line item. State and local governments buy cylindra beets — along with carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other fresh vegetables — primarily through institutional food service procurement for correctional facilities, mental health centers, state supported living centers, school districts, and senior services programs. The work is straightforward supply and delivery: vendors source fresh produce meeting USDA quality standards, deliver on schedule to specified facilities or warehouses, and comply with food safety, inspection, and documentation requirements. Recent solicitations show that state agencies and school districts are buying produce as part of larger fresh-vegetable line-item bids covering dozens of items, not as standalone cylindra-beet purchases. Issuing bodies span state corrections departments, state health and human services commissions, school nutrition programs, county school systems, regional health coalitions, and municipal senior services divisions.

Activity is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois over the past five months. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh-produce RFPs for food warehouse supply (Snyder, Wynne, and Palestine locations) with October 2026 response dates; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has solicited food service groceries and canteen items for state supported living centers; Georgia school nutrition programs (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County) have posted sealed-bid RFPs for fresh produce delivery during the 2026-2027 school year; and the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Department of Corrections have posted small-purchase and sealed-bid solicitations for fresh produce with August 2026 deadlines. The Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin has solicited fresh fruit and vegetable snacks with a July 2026 deadline and a 400-mile local-sourcing requirement. Because cylindra beets do not appear by name in any recent opportunity, pursuit viability depends on whether your firm can bid fresh produce as a line item within larger vegetable-supply solicitations — a common pattern in state and local institutional food service procurement.