UNSPSC 50402704: French dinant celery

The variety of celery known as french dinant celery

UNSPSC 50402704 French dinant celery, a Commodity code, covers fresh produce supplied to state and local institutional food service operations—specifically the fresh celery and mixed fresh vegetables that state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school districts, and mental health centers procure for meal service and canteen operations. State and local solicitations under this code reflect a broader institutional produce-procurement pattern: celery appears as a line item within comprehensive fresh-vegetable contracts rather than as a standalone commodity, and recent opportunities show state agencies and school districts bundling celery with dozens of other produce items—carrots, lettuce, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli—purchased on weekly or bi-weekly cycles to support dining operations. The code sits within a family of institutional food procurement that includes canned vegetables, frozen produce, and fresh-cut ready-to-eat options; celery itself commands minimal solo attention in current state and local demand.

Issuing bodies soliciting under related produce codes span Texas Health and Human Services Commission (state-supported living centers), Texas Department of Criminal Justice (correctional facility food warehouses), Illinois Department of Corrections, school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County in Georgia), a county Parks and Recreation department (Collier County, Florida), and independent organizations such as Head Start programs and senior services divisions in San Antonio and Chicago. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois, with scattered solicitations in Florida, Wisconsin, and other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 (consumables for Lufkin State Supported Living Center, due October 23, 2026, covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food-service supplies); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh-fruit-and-vegetable procurement for Palestine (IW267376, due October 19, 2026) and Snyder Food Warehouse (IW267420, due October 14, 2026); and Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce across 24 nutrition sites (PE64710NONST2027000000078, due June 16, 2026, spanning 40 produce line items with yearly usage ranging from 25 to 1,200 units). Most institutional buyers issue IFB or sealed-bid notices on annual cycles aligned to fiscal-year food-service contracts, with F.O.B. Destination pricing, weekly or bi-weekly delivery expectations, USDA or state-grade compliance requirements, and insurance minimums of $500,000 to $1 million general liability. Celery as a discrete commodity rarely generates standalone solicitations; it flows through bundled fresh-vegetable contracts where response dates cluster in May through October and pricing typically runs firm for 30 to 120 days with annual or multi-year renewal options.