UNSPSC 50401921: Regalia beets

The variety of beets known as regalia beets

UNSPSC 50401921 Regalia beets is a Commodity code that sits below produce and vegetable procurement, but recent state and local opportunities show that government buyers are actually soliciting fresh produce — including regalia beets, carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, and a wide range of seasonal fruits and vegetables — predominantly for school nutrition programs, child care operations, and institutional food service at correctional facilities. School districts and food authorities dominate the buyer base, with secondary buyers including state departments, county school systems, city child nutrition services, and regional Head Start organizations. The work being solicited is the supply and delivery of fresh produce meeting USDA compliance standards, often with sourcing preferences for locally grown or domestic products, HACCP certification requirements, refrigerated transport, weekly or multi-weekly delivery schedules to multiple school sites or institutional locations, and detailed specifications on pack size, shelf life, quality standards, and food safety documentation.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Georgia and Texas, which together account for the majority of recent opportunities posted since February 2026. Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Henry County, and Douglas County in a cooperative) have issued RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce ranging from single-vendor to multi-vendor awards with annual contract values estimated between $1.1 million and $4.4 million for regional cooperatives. Texas procurements include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing IFBs for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes for institutional canning and food service, and school districts including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio), McAllen Independent School District, and Austin Independent School District soliciting fresh produce for child nutrition. Secondary activity appears in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools seeking specialty fruits and vegetables for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (response due 29 July 2026), the Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for grocery products including produce (sealed bids 24 June 2026), and the Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables within 400 miles, with proposals due 22 June 2026 and award anticipated 20 July 2026. Evaluation criteria across these opportunities typically weight cost at 30–40 percent, product quality and availability at 15–30 percent, delivery and service reliability at 10–25 percent, and vendor qualifications or local/disadvantaged-business status at 5–20 percent. Winning vendors commonly face insurance requirements of $500,000 to $2 million general liability, weekly or multi-weekly delivery obligations, HACCP and traceability documentation, compliance with Buy American provisions, and contract renewal options of two to four one-year terms.