UNSPSC 50403010: Rosette bok choy

The variety of chinese cabbage known as rosette bok choy

UNSPSC 50403010 Rosette bok choy — a Commodity code — covers fresh leafy vegetables sourced for institutional food service. State and local government procurement activity under this code reflects substantial school nutrition and institutional feeding demand: recent solicitations show school districts, Head Start organizations, and corrections facilities seeking fresh produce—including but not limited to bok choy—as line items within broader fresh-produce or grocery contracts rather than as standalone commodity buys. The code's narrow scope (a single vegetable variety) maps to a sliver of the produce procurement universe; the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly requesting bok choy alone, though bok choy appears as one item among dozens in comprehensive produce line-item bids issued by school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and child care food programs across multiple states.

Issuing bodies pursuing procurement in this category span school districts (elementary through high school serving thousands of students), county and municipal school systems, state departments of corrections, Head Start agencies, and senior services divisions—all operating institutional food service operations. Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Connecticut show the densest recent activity, with Georgia school districts particularly active across multiple procurement cycles. Representative recent solicitations include the Dougherty County Board of Education School Nutrition Program requesting sealed bids for fresh produce line items with estimated annual usage spanning 25–1,200 units per produce item and bids due June 16, 2026; the Bartow County School System seeking local fresh fruits and vegetables from farms within 400 miles with a proposal deadline of June 22, 2026; and the City of San Antonio's Department of Human Services operating a produce-market program at 15 senior center sites with an RFP due May 27, 2026. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued multiple produce solicitations for carrots (IFB IW253079, due June 23, 2026) and white potatoes (IFB IW253099, due June 23, 2026), indicating institutional food service scale demand. School districts typically weight cost heavily in evaluation (30–50 points), source within geographic radiuses (200–400 miles preferred), and require HACCP certification, traceability documentation, and delivery compliance. Activity is moderate and steady, concentrated in spring-summer procurement windows ahead of the July 1 school-year contract start.