UNSPSC 50402612: White rock cauliflowers

The variety of cauliflower known as white rock cauliflowers

UNSPSC 50402612 White rock cauliflowers (Commodity) names a specific fresh produce item that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs, child care food service operations, and institutional feeding to support federally funded meal programs. The code appears in the recent solicitation record only indirectly—the procurement tagged under this code is Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, a weekly delivery contract for approximately 5,900 servings of ready-to-eat, inspected, cleaned, processed, and packaged produce. School districts across multiple states dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary demand from state departments of criminal justice (procuring institutional food for correctional facilities), regional Head Start child care networks, and county school systems. The code's activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, where school nutrition programs and state-level institutional food service drives repeat competition; Texas correctional institutions appear as repeat buyers for bulk vegetable procurement across multiple IFBs posted in March and June 2026.

Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's produce snack RFB (response due July 29, 2026) requiring local sourcing within 400 miles and Wisconsin-certified diverse vendors (with 5% preference on award pricing), and Bartow County School System in Georgia's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles for the 2026-2027 school year (proposal deadline June 22, 2026). The Douglas County School System coordinated procurement through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across two Georgia areas with $4.4 million estimated spending for Area One (RFP SN 26-004, proposals due March 4, 2026). Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple commodity-specific IFBs for carrots, white potatoes, and sweet potatoes for canning and bulk food service, signaling standing demand for high-volume institutional vegetable supply. Buyers increasingly emphasize local and regional sourcing within defined mile-radius preferences, HACCP certification, traceability by farm of origin, organic premium pricing (up to $0.20 per pound in some districts), and compliance with Buy American provisions and USDA food safety standards; many school districts weight product quality and delivery reliability equally or above unit price in evaluation.