UNSPSC 50403400: Cucumbers

The type of vegetable known as cucumbers

UNSPSC 50403400 Cucumbers, a Class code, encompasses the supply of fresh cucumbers and related produce items to state and local institutional food service operations, particularly school districts, Head Start programs, senior services, and correctional facilities. State and local governments procure cucumbers as individual line items within broader fresh produce contracts serving child nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional cafeterias, with cucumbers frequently bundled alongside other vegetables such as carrots, lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, and peppers. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span school districts of varying sizes—from small rural systems to large urban districts serving 20,000+ students—as well as county boards of education, city human services departments, state corrections agencies, and specialized nutrition programs including USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program vendors and Head Start child care networks. The procurement landscape shows heavy school nutrition concentration, with repeated solicitation activity from Georgia school systems (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Douglas County participating in cooperative purchasing), Texas school districts (Northside ISD, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD), and institutional buyers including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida.

Recent activity clusters most heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Utah, Connecticut, Missouri, and South Carolina. Representative recent solicitations include the Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables (due June 22, 2026), requiring delivery to the central warehouse with seasonal variety and local sourcing from farms within 400 miles; the Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for fresh produce (due June 16, 2026) covering 40 produce line items across 24 school nutrition sites with firm pricing and FOB Destination delivery; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB IW253079 for carrots (due June 23, 2026), procuring bulk quantities for institutional food service operations. Douglas County Schools' cooperative purchasing RFP SN 26-004 spans 30 school districts across two Georgia regions with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million in Area One, illustrating the significant cumulative volume available through cooperative vehicles. Evaluation commonly emphasizes cost, product quality and freshness, on-time delivery, USDA compliance and food safety certifications (HACCP plans and traceability documentation), compliance with Buy American provisions, and vendor insurance and bonding. Contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options, and pricing structures range from fixed unit prices to cost-plus-fixed-fee models pegged to USDA market indices or terminal market reports.