UNSPSC 50402714: Standard bearer celery

The variety of celery known as standard bearer celery

UNSPSC 50402714 Standard bearer celery (Commodity) is solicited by state and local school districts, county school systems, and institutional food service buyers primarily to support child nutrition programs and USDA-reimbursable meal service. Recent solicitations across the code show school districts procuring fresh produce including celery as part of broader vegetable line items for school lunch and breakfast programs, often bundled within comprehensive fresh produce contracts that span multiple item categories. The mix of recent issuing bodies reflects the institutional food service sector: the majority are school nutrition programs within independent school districts or county boards of education (Madison Metropolitan School District, Northside Independent School District in Texas, Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia, Bryan County Schools, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa); one state institutional food service buyer (Texas Department of Criminal Justice); and one child nutrition nonprofit (Head Start of Greater Dallas). School districts dominate this code's activity, with contracts typically structured to support National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program operations.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, where recent solicitations from school systems have posted specifications covering multiple produce lines with celery as a component item. Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District (NISD) in San Antonio posting RFP 2026-048 on April 14, 2026, for fresh produce including celery for child nutrition with responses due May 7, 2026, to supply all district campuses; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing multiple produce IFBs (carrots under IW253079, white potatoes under IW253099, sweet potatoes under IW253121) with response dates of June 23, 2026, for institutional food service; Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia soliciting sealed bids for 40 produce line items including carrots with a response deadline of June 16, 2026; and Bartow County School System in Georgia requesting local fresh fruits and vegetables with a deadline of June 22, 2026. These solicitations emphasize compliance with USDA Child Nutrition standards, Buy American provisions, food safety certification (HACCP plans), product traceability, and weekly delivery schedules to multiple school sites. Pricing structures typically require firm unit pricing, F.O.B. destination delivery terms, and compliance with federal food safety and domestic content requirements; many contracts run July 1 through June 30 annually with renewal options spanning two to four additional one-year terms.