UNSPSC 50403224: Golden cross bantam corn

The variety of corn known as golden cross bantam corn

UNSPSC 50403224 Golden cross bantam corn (Commodity) describes fresh produce items that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, primarily school nutrition programs and corrections facilities. Recent state and local solicitations under and related to this code show that purchasing bodies are acquiring fresh vegetables—bananas, carrots, apples, peppers, potatoes, onions, and other commodity produce—for delivery to cafeterias, classrooms, and detention facilities. The code sits within a broader family of fresh produce procurement; the recent opportunities block includes bids for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice alongside school district RFPs for mixed fresh produce, indicating that the purchasing baseline covers standard institutional vegetables across multiple issuing-body types. State and local buyers include school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Northside Independent School District in Texas, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia, and dozens of others), county school boards (Bulloch County, Glynn County, Henry County, and Bryan County in Georgia; Douglas County in Georgia; Liberty County in Georgia), municipal school systems (Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District), state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia procurement offices), and Head Start programs. School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, with USDA Child Nutrition Program funding driving Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program solicitations that emphasize local sourcing, traceability, and farm-of-origin documentation.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, which account for the majority of recent opportunities. Georgia school districts have posted at least fifteen recent produce RFPs and IFBs covering fresh vegetables and fruits, while Texas issues include both school district procurements and TDCJ institutional food service bids for bulk vegetables and canned goods. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks (due July 29, 2026), requiring weekly delivery of 5,900 servings of ready-to-eat, inspected, and farm-traceable produce within 400 miles of Madison with a 5% preference discount on organic produce; Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB 26-GP for grocery products (due June 24, 2026), seeking primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers of approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat for Child and Adult Care Food Program compliance; Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce (due May 7, 2026), requiring USDA Child Nutrition–compliant fresh produce delivery five days per week to 117 campuses across the San Antonio area; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple IFBs for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes (bids due in late June 2026) for bulk institutional supply. Evaluation typically weights price at 35–50 percent, with quality, delivery reliability, and compliance with Buy American provisions and HACCP food safety standards comprising the remainder. Bidders face requirements for traceability documentation, GAP or equivalent food safety certifications, commercial liability insurance of $500,000 to $2 million, and compliance with USDA procurement rules and state-level set-asides where applicable (notably Texas service-disabled veteran and domestic-production preferences). Contract terms run twelve months with renewal options, and pricing is commonly fixed for the initial term with redetermination permitted thereafter using USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Bureau of Labor Statistics indices.