UNSPSC 50403600: Endives

The type of vegetable known as endives

UNSPSC 50403600 Endives is a Class code that represents fresh endive vegetables procured by state and local school districts and institutional food service programs. State and local governments buying under this code source fresh endives as part of broader produce procurement for school nutrition programs, institutional cafeterias, and child nutrition services. Recent solicitations show endives appearing within larger fresh-produce line-item specifications for districts serving students through USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable programs and institutional food service operations, though endives typically represent a minor component of comprehensive produce buys dominated by commodity items such as apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, and tomatoes.

School districts across Georgia, Texas, Florida, and other states issue the vast majority of recent opportunities under this and related produce codes. Representative recent solicitations include the Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) seeking fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under RFB 4163 with bids due July 29, 2026, requiring produce sourced within 400 miles and delivered in ready-to-eat form; Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc. issuing IFB 26-GP for grocery products including produce for child care with a June 24, 2026 response date and total procurement value of $969,460.94; and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia) soliciting fresh produce under Bid 26-34 with bids due April 23, 2026, covering 72 produce line items for delivery to 60 school sites. Texas Department of Criminal Justice issues separate institutional produce bids—including IFB IW253079 for carrots and IFB IW253121 for sweet potatoes for canning, both due June 23, 2026—reflecting state-agency bulk procurement outside the K–12 sector. The code sees active procurement across the Southeast (Georgia, Florida), South Texas (San Antonio, McAllen, Austin), and Upper Midwest (Wisconsin, Missouri), with Georgia school districts particularly active in spring and early summer 2026. While endives do not appear as named line items in the publicly available excerpts, the code sits within the broader Class of fresh vegetable procurement, and business developers pursuing this code should expect to compete on availability, quality, pack size, delivery compliance, and pricing competitiveness in markets where produce contracts typically award to multiple vendors on a line-item basis with firm pricing for 12 months.