UNSPSC 50403266: Telstar corn

The variety of corn known as telstar corn

UNSPSC 50403266 Telstar corn is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code are actually buying fresh produce—primarily fresh fruits and vegetables for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, senior services, and correctional institutions—rather than a single commodity variety. Recent solicitations show school districts dominating the activity, with produce being sourced locally where feasible, delivered fresh and ready-to-eat or in bulk quantities, and priced competitively against USDA market indices. The code reflects institutional food service procurement across multiple jurisdictions and issuing bodies, including independent school districts, county school systems, state agencies, and Head Start programs. Issuing bodies span state departments of criminal justice, regional cooperative purchasing groups, individual school districts ranging from small rural systems to large urban districts, and county or regional school nutrition programs. Repeat buyers include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (soliciting potatoes, carrots, and sweet potatoes for institutional canning and food service), multiple Georgia school districts (Dougherty County, Bartow County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Henry County, and Douglas County systems), and Texas school districts (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD, and Hillsborough County).

Geographic concentration is strongest in Texas and Georgia, which together account for the majority of recent opportunities. Texas activity includes TDCJ bulk vegetable procurement through the Statewide Procurement Division, Head Start of Greater Dallas procurement, and major school district solicitations in San Antonio, Austin, and McAllen. Georgia activity centers on school nutrition programs in Dougherty, Bartow, Bryan, Bulloch, Liberty, Muscogee, Glynn, Henry, and Douglas counties, plus statewide Georgia procurement notices. Smaller clusters appear in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District). Representative recent opportunities include Dougherty County Board of Education's fresh-produce sealed-bid solicitation (PE64710NONST2027000000078, due June 16, 2026), Bartow County Schools' RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (PE55391NONST2026000000027, due June 22, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for bulk white potatoes for canning (IW253099, due June 23, 2026), and Northside Independent School District's RFP for fresh produce with USDA Child Nutrition compliance (RFP2026-048, due May 7, 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (due July 29, 2026) illustrates the program-specific nature of much procurement activity, with locational sourcing preferences, organic-product price discounts, and traceability requirements increasingly standard in district specifications.