UNSPSC 50401920: Pronto beets

The variety of beets known as pronto beets

UNSPSC 50401920 Pronto beets (Commodity) covers fresh produce procurement by state and local governments, specifically beets and related root vegetables supplied to institutional food service operations including state health and human services facilities, correctional institutions, school nutrition programs, and senior services. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing fresh produce — often mixed with frozen vegetables, prepared foods, and food service supplies — under this code and related fresh-produce categories, with the work spanning bulk commodity supply to institutional kitchens, ready-to-eat packaged produce for school snack programs, and weekly deliveries to senior centers and treatment facilities.

State health and human services agencies, state correctional departments, school districts, and county governments dominate activity under this code. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections and Mental Health, Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County), Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), and Collier County (Florida) posted recent opportunities. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (multiple TDCJ food warehouse and state living center solicitations), Georgia (school nutrition programs), Illinois (Department of Mental Health and Corrections), Wisconsin, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumables including fresh produce and food service supplies at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), Texas Department of Criminal Justice RFP IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to Palestine, Texas (due October 19, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education sealed-bid solicitation for 40 produce line items across 24 school nutrition sites (due June 16, 2026), Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 seeking local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (due June 22, 2026), and Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks requiring weekly delivery of approximately 5,900 servings for the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program (due July 29, 2026). Most school and senior-services procurements favor or require local sourcing within 400 miles. Evaluation criteria across these opportunities emphasize cost (30–40 percent weight), product quality and food safety compliance, delivery performance, and in school settings, local or diverse-owned business status. Prevailing wage and federal food-program compliance requirements appear in corrections and school nutrition solicitations.