UNSPSC 50402715: Tall utah triumph celery

The variety of celery known as tall utah triumph celery

UNSPSC 50402715 Tall utah triumph celery (Commodity) is a narrow produce item that state and local governments procure as part of broader fresh fruit and vegetable programs — the recent activity shows it tagged under child nutrition, school meal programs, and institutional food service rather than as a standalone product line. State and local school districts, county boards of education, municipal school systems, and state agencies managing criminal justice or human services facilities are the primary issuing bodies, with Georgia, Texas, and Florida jurisdictions dominating recent solicitations. The work being solicited encompasses fresh produce supply to school nutrition programs, child care facilities, senior services, and correctional institutions, typically bundled with broader fresh fruit and vegetable procurement rather than celery alone. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks due July 29, 2026, requiring deliveries within 400 miles of Madison and prioritizing organic produce; Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles, due June 22, 2026; and Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for fresh produce across 40 line items including carrots, due June 16, 2026. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple produce bids (IW253079 for carrots, IW253121 for sweet potatoes, and IW253099 for white potatoes), all due June 23, 2026, for institutional canning and food service.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast, particularly Georgia (Bartow, Bryan, Bulloch, Dougherty, Douglas, Glynn, Henry, Liberty, Muscogee, and Savannah-Chatham county school systems) and Texas (TDCJ and McAllen, Austin, Northside San Antonio, and Hillsborough County school districts), with scattered activity in Connecticut, Missouri, and Florida. No recent solicitations name celery explicitly; the code appears systematically paired with broader fresh produce and vegetable buys where celery is one line item among dozens. School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, followed by state criminal justice agencies and county health departments. Evaluation criteria across these opportunities weight cost heavily (typically 30–50 percent) alongside product quality, delivery reliability, local sourcing preference, and compliance with USDA Buy American and HACCP standards. Pricing structures typically anchor to USDA market indexes with vendor markup or cost-plus-fee models, and most contracts run July 1 through June 30 with one- to four-year renewal options. Set-asides for disadvantaged vendors appear sporadically (Texas SmartBuy preferences for service-disabled veterans in TDCJ bids, Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program preference in Madison), but most solicitations remain open competition. Insurance requirements are standard ($500,000 to $2 million general liability) and all vendors must certify Buy American compliance and E-Verify authorization.