UNSPSC 50402610: Snowball cauliflowers

The variety of cauliflower known as snowball cauliflowers

UNSPSC 50402610 Snowball cauliflowers, a Commodity code, covers fresh cauliflower procurement by state and local governments, though the recent opportunities under this code show extremely limited activity directly aligned with the narrow commodity description. The source contains 26 recent state and local contract opportunities spanning food procurement broadly—fresh produce, frozen foods, dairy, proteins, and food service supplies—but only a small fraction address cauliflower or any single produce item in isolation. Most solicitations tag broader produce categories or mixed food bundles under produce-adjacent UNSPSC codes, and the single opportunities explicitly naming specific items (carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes) suggest that state and local buyers issue individual commodity-level bids rather than consolidating produce into family-level purchasing. When cauliflower does appear in recent opportunities, it surfaces as one line item among dozens in school district or institutional food service bids—for example, the Bryan County School Nutrition Program bid (May 2026) lists cauliflower among 25+ fresh produce types, and the Dougherty County Board of Education bid (May 2026) similarly names it as one of 40 produce items. These school nutrition programs, state correctional and health-and-human-services facilities, and senior-service providers use produce as operational inputs rather than as primary procurement focus.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Early County, Bartow County in Georgia; Illinois Department of Mental Health; Head Start of Greater Dallas), state health-and-human-services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Department of Corrections), state corrections systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county governments (Collier County, Florida), municipalities (City of San Antonio), and special-purpose districts. Texas dominates recent activity by volume, with repeated TDCJ fresh-produce solicitations (five separate RFPs or IFBs between June and October 2026) and multiple Texas HHS Commission food-service bids. Georgia school districts account for a secondary concentration. Geographic spread includes Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, and Maryland (Marion Health Care Coalition). Representative recent opportunities include the Dougherty County Board of Education RFB for fresh produce (June 2026, 40 line items including cauliflower, bids due June 16), the Bryan County School Nutrition Program sealed bid for fresh produce (May 2026, cauliflower listed with quantities and specifications), and the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (July 2026, requiring Wisconsin-sourced produce within 400 miles). The code shows no dedicated single-item cauliflower solicitations in the recent record; pursuit under this Commodity code should focus on bundled produce opportunities where cauliflower appears as a specified line item rather than anticipating standalone cauliflower contracts.