UNSPSC 50403506: Filipino eggplants

The variety of eggplants known as filipino eggplants

UNSPSC 50403506 Filipino eggplants (Commodity) appears rarely in state and local procurement activity; recent opportunities tagged with this code show minimal direct relevance to produce sourcing under the nominal commodity name, and the code does not surface as a primary purchasing vehicle for school districts, state agencies, or institutional food buyers.

The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting Filipino eggplants. Instead, recent state and local activity under produce-related codes focuses on comprehensive fresh produce buys spanning multiple vegetable and fruit categories—apples, carrots, potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, peppers, and others—posted by school nutrition programs in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut; state departments in Texas and Georgia; and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles. School districts represent the dominant buyer class, with transactions ranging from RFPs and RFQs for fresh produce delivery to school campuses (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Austin Independent School District, McAllen ISD, and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools) to sealed-bid procurements for produce to support child nutrition programs and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program initiatives (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Head Start of Greater Dallas). State agencies including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Georgia state purchasing offices issue IFBs for bulk produce commodities—white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots—typically for institutional food service at correctional facilities or state warehouses. The sourcing preference across all recent solicitations emphasizes domestic agricultural products, with many jurisdictions implementing local or regional sourcing thresholds (within 50–400 miles), traceability requirements, HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, and quality specifications tied to USDA standards. Contract values range from institutional school nutrition budgets (estimated at $600,000 to $3.1 million annually for large districts) to state-level bulk commodity purchases. No recent solicitation names Filipino eggplants as a line item or primary procurement target. The code warrants placement on a watch list pending appearance in actual solicitation scope documents, as the current opportunities block offers no actionable pursuit signal at the commodity level.