UNSPSC 50403415: Long green improved cucumbers

The variety of cucumbers known as long green improved cucumbers

UNSPSC 50403415 Long green improved cucumbers, a Commodity code, describes fresh produce supplied to state and local institutions—primarily school districts, correctional facilities, and social service agencies—for meal preparation and student nutrition programs. State and local governments procuring under this code buy ready-to-eat produce in bulk quantities, often with stringent traceability, food-safety, and delivery specifications tied to USDA Child Nutrition Program compliance, Buy American requirements, and farm-of-origin documentation. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs (elementary, middle, and high school districts across multiple states), followed by state departments of criminal justice, county and municipal school systems, and independent school districts. A few opportunities span county or multi-district cooperative purchasing arrangements. The code sees consistent demand from institutional food service operations requiring weekly or more-frequent deliveries in case quantities to central warehouses or individual school sites.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri. Representative recent solicitations include the Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) RFB 4163, posted July 8, 2026, seeking approximately 5,900 weekly servings of fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for elementary students under the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, with bids due July 29, 2026, emphasizing local sourcing within 400 miles, traceability by farm of origin, and delivery in ready-to-eat form; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice carrot bids (IW253079, posted June 23, 2026) and white-potato bids (IW253099, posted June 3, 2026), both due June 23, 2026, supporting institutional food service across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations; and the Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) sealed bid for fresh produce (posted May 19, 2026, due June 16, 2026) covering 40 produce line items including carrots with estimated yearly usage up to 1,200 units and delivery to 24 school nutrition sites. School districts in Georgia—including Bartow County, Bryan County, and Liberty County—have posted multiple produce RFPs with 400-mile local-sourcing preferences, weighted scoring favoring seasonal variety and compliance, and firm pricing requirements with occasional six-month price redetermination tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service benchmarks.