UNSPSC 50403509: Italian eggplants

The variety of eggplants known as italian eggplants

UNSPSC 50403509 Italian eggplants is a Commodity code that maps to the procurement of fresh produce — specifically eggplants and related fresh vegetables — for institutional food service operations. State and local governments use this code to buy fresh and processed produce for correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, senior services, and health care facilities. The code sees activity primarily from state departments (health and human services commissions, departments of criminal justice), school districts, and county governments that operate institutional dining or nutritional programs. Recent solicitations show that state and local buyers procure fresh produce under this code as part of broader food-service and grocery supply contracts rather than as standalone single-commodity purchases; institutional buyers typically combine eggplants and other fresh vegetables into larger, multi-line RFPs or IFBs that cover dozens or hundreds of produce and food items with specific delivery, quality, and packaging requirements.

The code sees the highest recent activity in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for consumable foods and groceries to state-supported living centers (Lufkin and Mexia), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has solicited fresh fruit and vegetable supply to prison food warehouses at Snyder, Wynne, and Palestine. In Georgia, school districts including Dougherty County, Bartow County, Early County, and Bryan County have issued sealed bids and RFPs for fresh produce supply to school nutrition programs, with contracts typically running from July 2026 through June 2027. The Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health have also solicited fresh produce for institutional facilities at Joliet and Madden. A representative recent opportunity is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice fresh fruit and vegetables solicitation (IW267420) for the Snyder Food Warehouse with proposals due October 14, 2026, and a parallel solicitation for the Wynne Food Warehouse (IW267411) on the same timeline. The Dougherty County Board of Education sealed bid for fresh produce (40 line items including apples, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, and tomatoes) with bids due June 16, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. exemplifies the school-district demand for produce under this code. Delivery typically occurs via refrigerated trucks on F.O.B. Destination terms with pricing firm for the contract term and escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index data; vendors must carry general liability insurance of $500,000 to $1,000,000 and comply with HACCP, debarment certification, and E-Verify requirements.