UNSPSC 50403244: Pearl white corn

The variety of corn known as pearl white corn

UNSPSC 50403244 Pearl white corn is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure primarily as fresh produce for school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food service operations, though the recent-opportunities block shows limited direct sourcing of the specific commodity. Instead, procurement activity clusters around fresh produce procurement more broadly—including fruits, vegetables, and specialty items—where pearl white corn appears as a line item within larger multi-commodity RFPs and IFBs rather than as a standalone solicitation. State and local issuing bodies include school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin; Hillsborough County, Northside Independent, Austin ISD, and McAllen ISD in Texas; Savannah-Chatham County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Early County, Glynn County, Liberty County, and Muscogee County in Georgia; Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut), state departments and agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia procurement offices), counties (Douglas County, Henry County in Georgia), cities (San Antonio), and special-purpose districts (Head Start of Greater Dallas). The mix reflects heavy school nutrition program demand, with secondary activity in criminal justice institutional food service and senior nutrition initiatives.

Recent opportunities in Georgia and Texas dominate the dataset, with school district RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce posted between February and July 2026 targeting school years 2026–2027. Representative solicitations include the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (fresh produce and eggs for 30 Georgia school districts across two areas, estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for Area One, due March 4, 2026); the Muscogee County School District ITB 26-017 for 60 produce line items with pricing indexed to USDA Fruit and Vegetable Market News Index Price, due April 27, 2026; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice bulk carrot and sweet potato procurements (IFB IW241979-A for 2.4 million pounds of carrots, due March 17, 2026; IFB IW253121 for sweet potatoes for canning, due June 23, 2026). School districts emphasize local and domestic sourcing preferences, HACCP certification, traceability documentation, and delivery to multiple school sites; pricing typically follows USDA market indices or net cost-plus-fee models. Geographic spread is concentrated in Georgia (Douglas, Bulloch, Bryan, Dougherty, Early, Glynn, Liberty, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham, Henry County systems and state RFPs) and Texas (AISD, NISD, McAllen ISD, TDCJ, Comptroller statewide procurement), with secondary activity in Florida (Hillsborough County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), Connecticut (Meriden), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI). The code itself does not appear to be solicited as a standalone item; pearl white corn enters procurement as part of comprehensive fresh or frozen produce line items within larger institutional food service contracts.