UNSPSC 50402701: Celebrity celery

The variety of celery known as celebrity celery

UNSPSC 50402701 Celebrity celery is a Commodity code that sits at the intersection of school nutrition procurement and institutional food service supply, where state and local governments buy fresh produce—particularly leafy greens, root vegetables, and specialty produce items—for child nutrition programs, senior services, and correctional facility food operations. The recent solicitations show that school districts dominate purchasing under this code, with roles for county education systems, state departments, and smaller institutional buyers such as Head Start organizations and senior services divisions. The work solicited ranges from bulk commodity purchases of raw produce for institutional canning and food preparation (white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice) to fresh, ready-to-eat or pre-cut specialty produce distributed through USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs at elementary schools. Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 exemplifies the fresh-produce-for-students model, seeking weekly deliveries of cleaned, inspected, and packaged produce for approximately 5,900 weekly servings with traceability by farm of origin and a 5% preference on diverse-owned business status, while the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procurement IW253099 illustrates the bulk commodity side, seeking standardized white potatoes for institutional food service across multiple warehouse locations.

Georgia and Texas lead recent activity, with Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, and multiple Texas school districts (Northside ISD, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD) posting multiple produce solicitations between February and June 2026, and Georgia dominating school nutrition bids through Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, and Douglas County systems—many posting RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce spanning March through May 2026. Florida and Missouri also show activity through Hillsborough County Public Schools' Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program RFP and Rockwood School District's grocery solicitation. Representative recent opportunities include Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 seeking local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles with responses due June 22, 2026; Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses with sealed bids due May 7, 2026 and a contract value estimate of $3.1 million; and the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF on behalf of TDCJ for approximately 382 cafeteria food product line items with response due May 4, 2026 (extended via Addendum No. 2). School nutrition program evaluation criteria typically weight cost between 30 and 50 percent, with significant scoring on product quality, delivery capability, and compliance with Buy American provisions; many jurisdictions restrict sourcing to within 200 to 400 miles and apply organic or diverse-owned business preferences at 5 to 15 percent discount or scoring bonus.