UNSPSC 50401919: Monogram beets

The variety of beets known as monogram beets

UNSPSC 50401919 Monogram beets is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual buying pattern in recent state and local solicitations. The code's name suggests a narrow product line, but the recent opportunities indexed under it span fresh produce supply, institutional food service, and meal-program support across multiple jurisdictions and issuing bodies — primarily state departments of criminal justice and health and human services, county school districts, municipal departments, and special-purpose entities like Head Start programs and metropolitan health coalitions. State and local governments are actually procuring fresh fruits and vegetables, prepared foods, dairy products, proteins, grains, condiments, and food service supplies for correctional facilities, state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, senior centers, mental health facilities, and child care programs. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice seeking fresh fruit and vegetable supply to correctional-facility food warehouses (IW267420, IW267411, IW267376 with response dates in October 2026); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting consumable foods for state supported living centers (HHS0018082 IFB, due October 23, 2026; HHS0017799 and HHS0017798 for Mexia and Lufkin facilities, due August 25, 2026); and multiple Georgia school districts (Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Early County) and Illinois public facilities (Joliet Treatment Center, Madden Mental Health Center) bidding fresh produce for school nutrition and institutional food service.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois, with secondary activity in Wisconsin and Florida. Texas dominates the recent posting volume, driven by recurring TDCJ procurement for food warehouse supply and HHSC food-service contracts across state supported living centers. Georgia school districts represent a secondary cluster, issuing multiple fresh-produce bids tied to the 2026-2027 school year (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Bartow County, Early County). Illinois corrections and mental health facilities (Joliet Treatment Center, Madden Mental Health Center) and Wisconsin school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, due July 29, 2026) round out the geographic spread. Issuing bodies span state departments (Texas HHS, TDCJ, Illinois DOC and DMH), school nutrition programs (multiple county boards of education), counties (Collier County ITN for North Collier Regional Park food services), municipal agencies (City of San Antonio senior services), child care and Head Start programs, and health care coalitions. The code shows active, recurring procurement activity with short response windows (often 7–14 days) and firm, fixed pricing requirements. Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction — some solicitations include small-business set-asides (Illinois), minority/woman-owned business evaluation criteria (Collier County, various Georgia districts), local-vendor preferences (Madison Metropolitan School District), and prevailing-wage compliance requirements (Illinois). Contracts typically run one fiscal or school year with renewal options.