UNSPSC 50403304: Wintercress

The variety of cresses known as wintercress

UNSPSC 50403304 Wintercress, a Commodity code, is not seeing active state and local procurement demand aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code instead track fresh produce procurement at the institutional level—school districts, state agencies, and child nutrition programs sourcing mixed-fruit-and-vegetable baskets, commodity produce for canning, and specialty items for federal meal programs. The disconnect between wintercress as a leafy green and the broad fresh-produce solicitations posted under this code reflects state and local procurement systems tagging generic produce contracts with produce-family codes rather than differentiating by crop species.

State and local buyers soliciting under this code include school districts (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio; Austin Independent School District; Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa; Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut; McAllen ISD in Texas; multiple Georgia school nutrition programs), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for institutional food service, the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, state agriculture departments (Texas and Georgia), and child nutrition programs such as Head Start of Greater Dallas and city human services divisions. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri. Representative recent solicitations include Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce to 117 campuses across San Antonio (sealed bids due May 7, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools' cost-plus fresh fruit and vegetable contract for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program at 18 elementary schools (proposals due March 11, 2026, estimated budget $600,000); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for bulk white potatoes and carrots (bids due June 23, 2026); and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 serving 30 Georgia school districts in a cooperative buying arrangement (proposals due March 4, 2026, estimated spend $5.5 million across both geographic areas). School nutrition procurement at this tier emphasizes USDA compliance, Buy American sourcing, HACCP certification, temperature-controlled delivery to multiple sites, and cost-based pricing anchored to USDA terminal market reports or Agricultural Marketing Service indexes.