UNSPSC 50403227: How sweet it is corn

The variety of corn known as how sweet it is corn

UNSPSC 50403227 How sweet it is corn (Commodity) covers fresh and processed produce snacks delivered directly to school and public nutrition programs, institutional food service operations, and child care facilities. State and local governments procure under this code fresh fruit and vegetable snacks processed and packaged for ready-to-eat consumption, bulk produce for canning and institutional meal preparation, and comprehensive fresh produce including apples, bananas, carrots, potatoes, berries, and specialty items meeting USDA grade and nutritional specifications. Issuing bodies span school districts (elementary through comprehensive high school systems), state corrections departments, county school nutrition programs, Head Start and child care agencies, and municipal senior services divisions. School districts dominate recent activity, with repeat buyers including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio), Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa), Austin Independent School District, and multiple Georgia county school systems. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears frequently across related vegetable commodities (potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes) for institutional canning and food service. Evaluation criteria across opportunities weight price (typically 30–50%), product quality and freshness, vendor experience and compliance, geographic or local-sourcing preferences, and delivery reliability.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Texas procurements include school districts (McAllen ISD, Northside ISD, Austin ISD), the TDCJ (multiple bulk vegetable solicitations), and Head Start agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas). Georgia school districts (Dougherty County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County) and the state itself issued fresh produce RFPs and IFBs with local-sourcing preferences requiring produce within 200–400 miles. Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools sought specialty fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for the federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Recent representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (bids due July 29, 2026) for approximately 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat fresh fruit and vegetable snacks with 5% preference for Wisconsin-certified diverse-owned vendors and $0.20 per pound organic discount; Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP (bids due June 24, 2026) for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products totaling $969,460.94 in estimated value; Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFPDST (originally due March 11, 2026) for specialty fruits and vegetables to approximately 18 elementary school FFVP sites with an estimated $600,000 annual budget; Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 (due May 7, 2026) for fresh produce delivery to 127 campuses across San Antonio; and Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (proposals due March 4, 2026) covering 30 Georgia school districts across two areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two.