UNSPSC 50402507: Baby carrots

Variety of carrots known as baby carrots

UNSPSC 50402507 Baby carrots, a Commodity code, describes ready-to-eat fresh produce supplied to school districts, early childhood programs, and institutional food service operations. State and local governments procure baby carrots primarily for school nutrition programs operating under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and National School Lunch Program; carrots also appear as line items in broader fresh-produce solicitations serving cafeteria operations at correctional facilities and senior nutrition programs. Recent solicitations frame demand as pre-cleaned, pre-packaged, or bulk fresh carrots delivered on fixed schedules to multiple school sites or central warehouses, with emphasis on farm-of-origin traceability, organic certification eligibility, and compliance with USDA food safety standards including HACCP and GAP certification.

School districts—particularly in Georgia and Texas—dominate recent issuing activity under this code, alongside the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Head Start providers, and county school systems. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) seeking approximately 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison, Wisconsin, with a 5 percent preference for Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program vendors and a $0.20 per pound organic preference discount applied in final price comparison; the solicitation runs September 1 through November 30, 2026, contingent on federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grant funding approval. Bryan County School Nutrition Program (sealed bid due May 27, 2026) requested over 260 cases of carrots in various forms among a comprehensive produce list for School Year 2026-2027, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued multiple carrot and root-vegetable solicitations (IW241979, IW253079) in June 2026 requesting bulk supply for institutional food service canning operations. Geographic concentration appears strongest in Georgia and Texas, with additional activity in Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Producers should verify local-sourcing preferences (400-mile radius in Wisconsin; 200-mile radius in Georgia Bulloch County; 50-mile priority in McAllen, Texas) and organic certification eligibility when evaluating competitive positioning.