UNSPSC 50403515: Pea eggplants

The variety of eggplants known as pea eggplants

UNSPSC 50403515 Pea eggplants is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure as part of broader fresh produce and food service supply contracts, rather than as standalone line items. Recent solicitations show school districts, child nutrition programs, and institutional food service operations sourcing pea eggplants alongside other vegetables and fruits for student meals, senior nutrition programs, and institutional dining across multiple states.

The code appears in school nutrition procurement across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri through school districts and county boards of education issuing RFPs and ITBs for fresh produce supply contracts. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Northside ISD in San Antonio, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Meriden Public Schools), county school systems (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Glynn County in Georgia; Hillsborough County in Florida), specialized nutrition programs (Madison Metropolitan School District Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, Head Start of Greater Dallas, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri), and institutional buyers including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the State of Georgia. Representative recent solicitations include the Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 (sealed bids due May 7, 2026) for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses five days weekly, the Hillsborough County Public Schools FFVP contract (proposals due March 11, 2026) for specialty produce to 18 elementary schools, and the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (proposals due March 4, 2026) through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 school districts across Georgia with estimated annual spend of approximately $5.5 million combined across two geographic areas. Most active procurement regions are Georgia (Bulloch, Bryan, Dougherty, Glynn, Henry, Liberty, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham counties; state-level solicitations), Texas (school districts in San Antonio and McAllen; TDCJ institutional food service), and Florida (Hillsborough County). Pea eggplants do not appear as a distinct line item in publicly available recent solicitation documents; the code signal is present only as a subcategory within larger fresh-produce family codes. School districts emphasize USDA compliance, Buy American requirements, domestic sourcing where cost and quality are equal, local or regional produce preferences, HACCP certification, traceability documentation, and weekly or twice-weekly delivery schedules, with contract terms typically running July 1 through June 30 with optional renewal periods of one to four years.