UNSPSC 50402505: Nantes carrots

The variety of carrots known as nantes carrots

UNSPSC 50402505 Nantes carrots is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh carrots under this code primarily for school nutrition programs, institutional food service operations, and child care feeding initiatives. Recent solicitations show carrots supplied in multiple forms—whole fresh produce, pre-cut and packaged ready-to-eat servings, and bulk quantities for institutional processing—delivered on firm fixed-price or cost-plus models, with sourcing heavily weighted toward local and domestic agricultural products when specifications permit. The mix of issuing bodies spans school districts (from single-district RFPs to multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles), state criminal justice agencies operating institutional food service, child care networks, and regional school nutrition consortia. School districts represent the dominant buyer segment, driven by federal Child Nutrition Reimbursable program requirements and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program mandates that emphasize local and domestic sourcing with proximity filters (typically 50–400 miles from the procuring location). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and similar state correctional food service operations solicit bulk quantities for canning and general institutional meal service. Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and South Carolina—a geographic distribution tracking school district population density and state institutional procurement volumes.

Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks including processed carrots, requiring approximately 5,900 weekly servings for elementary students with sourcing within 400 miles of Madison and Wisconsin-certified diverse supplier preference; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB IW241979-A (posted April 7, 2026, due March 17, 2026) for 1,200 tons of carrots meeting dimensional specifications with Texas veteran and resident-owned business set-aside preferences; Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) soliciting carrots as line items within fresh produce procurement (posted May 19, 2026, due June 16, 2026); and the Douglas County School System's GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026) covering fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts with approximately $4.4 million estimated annual spend in Area One alone. Evaluation criteria consistently prioritize cost (35–50% weight), product quality and availability (15–30%), geographic preference and local sourcing (10–25%), and vendor qualifications and delivery capability (10–20%). Carrot-specific opportunities also include the Bulloch County School District's IFP for locally-grown produce including carrots within 200 miles (posted April 3, 2026, due May 4, 2026) and Bryan County School Nutrition's sealed bid for fresh produce including 260+ cases of carrots (posted April 27, 2026, due May 27, 2026). Payment terms are Net 30 from delivery or invoice receipt; contracts typically run twelve months with two to four optional one-year renewals contingent on performance. Insurance minimums range from $500,000 general liability at smaller districts to $2,000,000 at multi-site systems. All bids require HACCP certification, debarment verification, Buy American compliance, E-Verify authorization, and adherence to USDA food safety and traceability standards. No incumbent vendors are consistently identified across the opportunities reviewed, indicating open competitive market conditions with regular re-solicitation cycles aligned to school fiscal years (July 1 start dates).