UNSPSC 50402709: Greensleeves celery

The variety of celery known as greensleeves celery

UNSPSC 50402709 Greensleeves celery, a Commodity code, captures institutional fresh produce procurement—specifically the supply of fresh fruits and vegetables in bulk for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, senior services, and child care operations. State and local governments buy celery and similar fresh produce under this code to support federally funded meal programs (USDA Child Nutrition, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Head Start, CACFP) and general institutional food service. The work spans sourcing, inspection, cleaning, processing, packaging, temperature-controlled delivery, traceability documentation, and compliance with USDA and food safety standards including HACCP certification and recall procedures. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with supplementary activity from state departments of criminal justice, county boards of education, city senior services, and regional child care consortia. Repeat buyers include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (multiple potato, carrot, and specialty-crop procurements), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Northside Independent School District (San Antonio), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), and the Douglas County School System (Georgia cooperative vehicle).

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (school nutrition bids from Bartow, Dougherty, Bryan, Glynn, Liberty, Bulloch, Muscogee, Henry, and Savannah-Chatham counties) and Texas (TDCJ institutional procurement and school districts including NISD, AISD, McAllen ISD, and Hillsborough in Florida). Recent representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issuing RFB 4163 on July 8, 2026, for 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat fresh fruit and vegetable snacks with response due July 29, 2026, emphasizing Wisconsin-sourced produce within 400 miles, organic pricing preference, and 5% diverse-owned business preference; Head Start of Greater Dallas issuing IFB 26-GP on June 24, 2026, for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat across primary, secondary, and tertiary vendors with estimated value $969,460.94; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing multiple IFBs (IW253079 carrots, IW253121 sweet potatoes for canning, IW253099 white potatoes for canning) in June 2026 through its Bonfire procurement portal; and the Bartow County School System issuing RFP 10-2026-019 on May 21, 2026, for local fresh fruits and vegetables with 400-mile sourcing requirement and proposal due June 22, 2026. Pricing is typically per-pound or per-case with firm-fixed or cost-plus structures, delivery scheduled weekly to multiple sites, and contract terms running one year with renewal options. Insurance minimums range from $500,000 to $2,000,000 general liability, Buy American compliance is standard, and evaluation emphasizes cost, quality, delivery reliability, local or domestic sourcing preference, and vendor references.