UNSPSC 50402902: En cornet de bordeaux chicory

The variety of chicory known as en cornet de bordeaux chicory

UNSPSC 50402902 En cornet de bordeaux chicory, a Commodity code, represents a narrow specialty produce item—a specific chicory variety—that state and local governments procure primarily as part of broader fresh produce, food service, and institutional nutrition contracts rather than as a standalone line item. Review of recent state and local solicitations reveals no direct procurement activity specifically naming this chicory variety; instead, governments buy fresh produce and vegetables under higher-tier codes that encompass leafy greens, root vegetables, and salad ingredients in aggregate. The issuing bodies pursuing produce contracts span state health and human services departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bartow County Schools, Bryan County Schools, Early County Schools), county parks departments (Collier County), state corrections and mental health facilities (Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center, Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center), and Head Start child-care networks. Texas state agencies and Georgia school districts dominate recent activity, with Texas TDCJ posting multiple fresh-produce RFPs in June and September 2026, and Georgia school districts (Dougherty, Bartow, Bryan, Early County) issuing sealed bids for produce in May and June 2026.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0018082 (due October 23, 2026) and HHS0017872 (closed August 25, 2026) for consumables and food service groceries at state-supported living centers, scoping prepared foods and food service supplies with annual usage estimated at 1 to 24 cases per item. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted multiple RFPs for fresh fruit and vegetables to warehouse locations (IW267376 for Palestine, due October 19; IW267420 for Snyder, due October 14; IW267411 for Wynne/Huntsville, due October 14), emphasizing bi-weekly or regular delivery of apples, bananas, leafy greens, root vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes, and other seasonal produce. The Illinois Department of Corrections solicited fresh produce for bi-weekly delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, closed September 3, 2026) under a small-business set-aside, specifying USDA-grade onions, peppers, cucumbers, cabbage, lettuce with 2-week minimum shelf life, apples, oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, bananas, garlic, celery, and cilantro. Madison Metropolitan School District issued RFB 4163 (due July 29, 2026) for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles and within Wisconsin, requiring 5,900 ready-to-eat servings weekly for elementary students under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) sealed-bid for 40 produce line items including apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, and tomatoes (due June 16, 2026), and Bartow County Schools (Georgia) solicited local fresh fruits and vegetables from farms within 400 miles (due June 22, 2026). The Commodity code 50402902 sits beneath broader UNSPSC families that capture institutional produce procurement; vendors targeting this tier should frame capabilities in terms of the aggregated leafy-green and vegetable categories that state and local buyers actually solicit rather than expecting standalone demand for this single chicory variety.