UNSPSC 50403800: Garlics

The type of vegetable known as garlics

UNSPSC 50403800 Garlics is a Class code that represents a narrower segment of fresh produce procurement — though the recent solicitations show state and local governments buying a much broader range of fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, and specialty produce items rather than garlics specifically. School districts, corrections departments, and municipal food services are the dominant issuing bodies, with the strongest recent activity concentrated in Georgia, Texas, and Florida. The work being solicited spans weekly or twice-weekly delivery of fresh produce to school cafeterias, senior centers, detention facilities, and child nutrition programs, typically with USDA compliance requirements, temperature-controlled logistics, traceability documentation, and pre-cut or ready-to-serve packaging for some items. Recent opportunities name specific issuing bodies and scopes: Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks with a July 29, 2026 response date, requiring 5,900 servings weekly sourced within 400 miles and delivered in ready-to-eat form; Head Start of Greater Dallas issued IFB 26-GP for 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products with a June 24, 2026 deadline; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued multiple commodity-specific IFBs (carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes) with June 23, 2026 deadlines. The code also captures solicitations from Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), and the City of San Antonio for produce markets at senior centers.

Georgia school districts dominate the recent posting volume, with at least a dozen district-level RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce posted between March and June 2026 — including Dougherty County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, and Henry County — alongside Texas corrections and school procurement (TDCJ, Northside ISD, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD) and scattered activity in Florida, Connecticut, Utah, and Missouri. Most school district solicitations weight cost between 30 and 40 percent, emphasize local or regional sourcing within 200–400 miles where specified, require HACCP certification and traceability by farm of origin, mandate firm pricing for the contract year with escalation only on documented market indices (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index), and offer one-year initial terms with two to four one-year renewal options. Corrections procurements (TDCJ, Head Start) typically seek bulk institutional supply with lower cost weighting and focus on specification compliance and delivery reliability. Insurance requirements are standard across issuers (general liability $500,000 to $2 million, workers' compensation at statutory rates) and Buy American provisions apply to federally funded programs. Geographic preference for Texas vendors and set-asides for service-disabled veterans appear in TDCJ solicitations; Wisconsin and some Texas districts apply MBE/DBE or diverse-owned-business preferences. No single incumbent dominates; awards typically go to lowest responsive and responsible bidder on line-item or all-or-nothing bases. Contract values range from $600,000 (Hillsborough County FFVP) to $3.1 million (Meriden Public Schools) to $4.4 million (Douglas County cooperative) where disclosed.