UNSPSC 50402502: Autumn king carrots

The variety of carrots known as autumn king carrots

UNSPSC 50402502 Autumn king carrots is a Commodity code. State and local governments purchase autumn king carrots primarily as fresh produce for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, senior services, and child care operations — with produce delivered fresh, inspected, and often pre-processed for ready-to-eat consumption. The code sees activity across school districts, state agencies, county education boards, municipal senior services, and Head Start programs, with recent procurements spanning Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut school systems plus correctional and social-service agencies.

Recent opportunities show autumn king carrots solicited as a line item within broader fresh-produce RFPs and IFBs. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB IW253079 for carrots with bids due June 23, 2026, and a separate carrot procurement (IW241979-A) requiring 1,200 tons (2,400,000 pounds) with an original deadline of March 17, 2026. School nutrition programs dominate the competitive landscape: Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) requested sealed bids for fresh produce including carrots for 24 school sites with bids due June 16, 2026; Bryan County Schools (Georgia) sought 260+ cases of carrots in multiple forms with bids due May 27, 2026; and Muscogee County School District (Georgia) procured approximately 60 produce line items including carrots under ITB 26-017 with bids due April 27, 2026. Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) solicited specialty produce including carrots for its USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with proposals due March 11, 2026. Head Start of Greater Dallas issued IFB 26-GP for grocery products including produce with bids due June 24, 2026. Issuing bodies consistently emphasize domestic sourcing, traceability by farm of origin, HACCP compliance, GAP certification where applicable, ready-to-eat or pre-cut formats, and weekly or bi-weekly delivery to school sites or institutional warehouses. Procurement processes use sealed bids (IFB), RFPs, and RFQs, with evaluation criteria weighting cost at 30–50 percent, product quality and availability at 15–25 percent, delivery reliability at 10–20 percent, and vendor qualifications at 10–15 percent. Multi-vendor awards on a line-item basis are common, and contracts typically run one school or fiscal year (July–June or September–August) with one to four optional renewal terms. Geographic preferences for local or regional sourcing (within 200–400 miles) appear in Georgia and Texas school procurements. No federal set-asides apply to this commodity code itself, though issuing bodies encourage SBE, MBE, and WBE participation where applicable under their local or federal grant rules.