UNSPSC 50402602: Alverda cauliflowers

The variety of cauliflower known as alverda cauliflowers

UNSPSC 50402602 Alverda cauliflowers, a Commodity code, describes fresh produce supply to state and local institutional food service operations—primarily correctional facilities, mental health and developmental disability centers, school nutrition programs, and senior services. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying fresh produce in bulk quantities for cafeteria operations, with cauliflower appearing alongside broader fresh vegetable procurement for prison food warehouses, state-supported living centers, school districts, and county health facilities. The work spans produce sourcing, delivery scheduling, temperature-controlled handling, quality compliance, and farm-of-origin traceability documentation.

Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections and Mental Health, Georgia Department of Education), county and city school districts (Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Madison Metropolitan, Early County in Georgia; Collier County in Florida), state-supported living centers, and regional food service cooperatives. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears repeatedly across multiple solicitations for fresh vegetable and produce supply to institutional food warehouses. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Florida, with recent IFBs and RFPs posted across these states from May through October 2026. Representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice RFQ for fresh fruit and vegetables to the Snyder Food Warehouse (IW267420, due October 14, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections RFQ for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, small-business set-aside, due September 3, 2026); the Dougherty County Board of Education sealed-bid procurement for 40 fresh-produce line items including carrots for 24 school sites (IFB due June 16, 2026); and the Bartow County School System RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles, with contract award anticipated July 20, 2026 through June 30, 2027 with four renewal options. Pricing is typically quoted on unit or per-pound basis F.O.B. Destination with vendor-borne transportation, and delivery windows generally require early-morning arrival (5:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.) with temperature control and traceability documentation by farm of origin.