UNSPSC 50403402: Armenian cucumbers

The variety of cucumbers known as armenian cucumbers

UNSPSC 50403402 Armenian cucumbers is a Commodity code that represents fresh produce items supplied to state and local institutions, most commonly school nutrition programs and child care facilities. The code's scope spans sourcing, processing, packaging, and delivery of fresh produce meeting USDA and institutional food safety standards, often with geographic sourcing preferences and traceability documentation requirements. School districts and county boards of education dominate the issuing bodies, sourcing from produce vendors who deliver weekly to multiple school sites and must maintain cold-chain compliance, HACCP plans, product recall procedures, and comprehensive liability insurance. Recent solicitations show districts emphasizing local or regional sourcing (typically within 200–400 miles), organic options, and seasonal variety, with pricing structured as per-unit or per-case bids and delivery to school warehouses or individual cafeterias. A few solicitations also come from state corrections departments, Head Start programs, senior services divisions, and county school nutrition programs procuring for broader institutional menus.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary volume in Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, and other states. Georgia school districts—Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Henry County, and Savannah-Chatham County—have posted multiple solicitations for fresh produce between February and July 2026, typically as sealed IFBs or RFPs with annual contracts running July through June and evaluation weighted heavily on price, quality, and delivery reliability. Texas shows strong activity through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procuring bulk commodity vegetables (carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes) for institutional canning and food service, and through independent school districts including Northside ISD (RFP 2026-048, due May 7, 2026 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses) and Austin ISD (RFP 26RFP034, due March 11, 2026 for fresh produce and beverages aligned with the Good Food Purchasing Program). Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026) solicited fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with a 5% preference for Wisconsin-certified diverse suppliers, and Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026) sought multi-year produce supply for child care across CACFP-eligible sites. The code sees consistent institutional demand but activity is geographically dispersed; concentration in school districts in Georgia and Texas offers repeatable, funded procurement cycles, though competitive density remains moderate to high.