UNSPSC 50402808: White king chard

The variety of chard known as white king chard

UNSPSC 50402808 White king chard is a Commodity code that maps to fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs, child care operations, and institutional food service across state departments and local school districts. State and local governments soliciting under this code are buying fresh vegetables—notably leafy greens including chard, along with apples, carrots, potatoes, broccoli, lettuce, and other produce staples—for delivery to school cafeterias, senior centers, child nutrition facilities, and correctional institutions. The issuing bodies span school districts (elementary through secondary), state departments of criminal justice, Head Start child care programs, county boards of education, and municipal departments of human services. School nutrition programs are the dominant buyer category, with consistent activity from independent school districts and county school systems across multiple states. Procurement notices typically name RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB processes with response dates ranging from weeks to a few months; evaluation criteria commonly weight cost (30–50 percent), product quality and freshness, delivery reliability, geographic sourcing preferences, and vendor experience in institutional food service.

Georgia school districts account for the highest concentration of recent activity—Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County Schools, and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools have all posted fresh produce solicitations in the past four months. Texas activity is substantial and includes Northside Independent School District (RFP 2026-048, May 7, 2026), Austin Independent School District (RFP 26RFP034, March 11, 2026), McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029, March 6, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing multiple IFBs for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes for institutional canning and food service (IFBs due June 23, 2026). Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools, RFP 26039RFPDST for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, March 11, 2026), Missouri (Rockwood School District, April 29, 2026), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, RFP 02641, February 25, 2026), and Illinois (Madison Metropolitan School District, RFB 4163, July 29, 2026) round out the geographic footprint. Most recent opportunities emphasize local sourcing within 200–400 miles, HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million, and preference scoring for diverse-owned, small, and minority-owned vendors where applicable under federal nutrition-program set-asides.