UNSPSC 50403608: Radice amare endives

The variety of endives known as radice amare endives

UNSPSC 50403608 Radice amare endives is a Commodity code that in practice covers fresh produce procurement by state and local school districts, county educational systems, and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations under this code show state and local buyers acquiring fresh vegetables, including specialty and common varieties, for child nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional cafeterias. The code's abstract name does not reflect the breadth of actual procurement activity: recent opportunities span apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and dozens of other fresh fruit and vegetable line items delivered weekly to multiple school sites or senior centers. Issuing bodies include large independent school districts (Northside ISD in San Antonio with 117 campuses; Austin ISD; McAllen ISD serving 20,000 students), county school systems (Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Henry County, and Dougherty County in Georgia; Muscogee County in Georgia), smaller rural districts (Early County Schools, Bryan County Schools), Head Start programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas), senior services divisions (City of San Antonio Department of Human Services), state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 Georgia school districts). Geographic spread is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, with recent activity spanning Austin, San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth, McAllen, and Tampa on the Texas and Florida sides, and a dense cluster across central and coastal Georgia including Savannah, Albany, Douglasville, and surrounding counties.

Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) posting RFB 4163 in July 2026 for approximately 5,900 weekly servings of fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for elementary students in the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, with bids due July 29, 2026 and a 5% preference for Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program-certified vendors; Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) posting RFP 2026-048 in April 2026 for five-day-per-week fresh produce delivery to all district campuses August through May with evaluation weighting 35% on purchase price and 25% on extent of goods meeting district needs; Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) posting RFP 26039RFPDST in February 2026 for cost-plus-fixed-fee fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to 18 elementary FFVP sites with an estimated annual budget of $600,000 and proposals due March 11, 2026; and Douglas County School System (Georgia) posting RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative in February 2026 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts in two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. Activity remains active and ongoing across multiple states with strong representation from school nutrition programs funded by federal Child Nutrition Reimbursable dollars and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grants.