UNSPSC 50403213: Champ corn

The variety of corn known as champ corn

UNSPSC 50403213 Champ corn (Commodity) describes fresh produce — particularly corn and related vegetable crops — procured by state and local school districts, county school systems, and state correctional agencies for institutional food service. Recent state and local opportunities show the code capturing a much broader institutional fresh-produce market than the narrow commodity name suggests: school nutrition programs are the dominant buyer, sourcing fresh produce for child nutrition programs, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program participation, and regular school meal service. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Northside Independent School District in Texas, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County Schools in Georgia), county boards of education across Georgia (Bartow County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Dougherty County, Douglas County through cooperative purchasing), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for inmate food service, and standalone Head Start and pre-K nutrition programs. School district nutrition procurements dominate the activity, with each district managing annual contracts for dozens of produce line items and leveraging cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative, Texas cooperative purchasing contracts) to aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions. School districts consistently weight cost at 30–50% of evaluation criteria, with substantial weight given to product quality, local or domestic sourcing, delivery reliability, and compliance with USDA Buy American provisions and school nutrition program regulations.

Geographic spread centers on Georgia and Texas. Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Dougherty County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County) and the state itself have posted multiple fresh-produce solicitations since March 2026, typically with local-sourcing preferences (100–400 miles) and delivery to school warehouse or direct-to-school sites. Texas activity includes TDCJ procurement for white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots for canning across multiple facilities; Northside Independent School District and Austin Independent School District RFPs for fresh produce; and Head Start of Greater Dallas. Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI) round out the geographic spread. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (bids due July 29, 2026) sourced within 400 miles and Wisconsin, with 5% preference for Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program vendors and organic produce preference discounting; Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat (sealed bids due June 24, 2026) to support CACFP-compliant child care, with primary, secondary, and tertiary supplier awards and estimated value of $969,460.94; Northside Independent School District (NISD) RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 school campuses across San Antonio five days weekly (bids due May 7, 2026), with HACCP certification required and cost evaluation at 35% of scoring; and Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables from farms within 400 miles (bids due June 22, 2026), with 30-point cost weighting and emphasis on seasonal variety and local supplier support. TDCJ bulk-commodity procurements for white potatoes (IW253099, bids June 23, 2026) and sweet potatoes for canning (IW253121, bids June 23, 2026) represent the institutional corrections segment. School nutrition procurements typically run July-June fiscal years with one to four optional renewal periods; most require firm pricing for at least 60–90 days post-award and cost-adjustment provisions tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data. Set-asides and preferences vary: Texas procurements often incorporate HUB (historically underutilized business) status weighting and Texas principal-place-of-business preference; Georgia school districts list no explicit set-asides but encourage small and minority-owned participation; Wisconsin and Florida emphasize diversity-owned and local-vendor preference scoring. Activity is current and sustained, with multiple procurements posted per week in May-July 2026 across the school-district base.