UNSPSC 50401914: Egyptian flat beets

The variety of beets known as egyptian flat beets

UNSPSC 50401914 Egyptian flat beets is a Commodity code. The recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not substantively involve Egyptian flat beets; instead, they reflect school nutrition and institutional food service procurement for fresh produce broadly, including apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, strawberries, and other vegetables and fruits. The code appears to have been applied to procurement solicitations at a more general or miscoded tier rather than as a targeted buy of the specific commodity. School districts dominate the issuing bodies—Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and multiple Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, Muscogee County). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Head Start of Greater Dallas, and the City of San Antonio Department of Human Services also appear in the block. State-level procurements for fresh produce occur in Georgia and Texas. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Bartow, Bryan, Bulloch, Dougherty, Douglas, Glynn, Henry, Liberty, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham) and Texas (Dallas, McAllen, San Antonio, Austin, and statewide TDCJ operations), with secondary activity in Wisconsin, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut.

Representative recent solicitations include Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables (posted May 21, 2026, due June 22, 2026), Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce (posted April 14, 2026, due May 7, 2026), and Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFPDST for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery to 18 elementary schools (posted April 13, 2026, due March 11, 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 seeks fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for approximately 5,900 weekly servings in ready-to-eat form, sourced within 400 miles of Madison and Wisconsin, with local-vendor and diverse-owned business preferences applied (due July 29, 2026). The Douglas County School System GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 covers fresh produce and eggs for 30 school districts across two Georgia regions with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million combined (due March 4, 2026). All recent solicitations emphasize USDA compliance, HACCP certification, Buy American domestic sourcing, weekly delivery schedules, and competitive pricing; many weight cost at 35–50 percent of evaluation score. Set-asides and preferences appear sporadically (Wisconsin diverse-owned business preferences, Texas HUB and principal place-of-business scoring, Georgia SBE/MBE encouragement) but are not mandatory across the activity block.