UNSPSC 50402911: Wallone freisee weschelkopf chicory

The variety of chicory known as wallone freisee weschelkopf chicory

UNSPSC 50402911 Wallone freisee weschelkopf chicory is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, encompasses fresh produce procurement for institutional food service — primarily fresh fruits, vegetables, and specialty produce items supplied to school districts, child nutrition programs, senior services, and correctional facilities. The scope of work centers on sourcing, packaging, and delivering ready-to-eat or minimally processed fresh produce in case quantities to multiple school sites or institutional locations, with vendors meeting USDA food safety standards, maintaining HACCP plans, providing traceability documentation, and complying with Buy American requirements. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts (elementary through high school nutrition programs), county board of education school nutrition programs, city departments of human services, Head Start agencies, and state departments of criminal justice. School districts emerge as the dominant buyer category, with recent activity concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri across both urban and rural jurisdictions. Representative recent solicitations include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (due July 29, 2026), requiring Wisconsin-sourced produce within 400 miles with weekly delivery of approximately 5,900 servings to elementary students; Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty fruits and vegetables for 18 elementary schools (proposals due March 11, 2026); Northside Independent School District (San Antonio) RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to all district campuses five days per week (due May 7, 2026); and Head Start of Greater Dallas' IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of produce and food items meeting CACFP requirements (sealed bids due June 24, 2026). Geographic concentration is strongest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and regional multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles (such as the GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia school districts). Evaluation criteria typically weight cost competitively but also assess vendor experience, product quality, delivery reliability, insurance compliance, food safety certifications, and alignment with local or farm-to-school sourcing preferences where applicable.