UNSPSC 50404006: Sugar snap peas

The variety of green peas known as sugar snap peas

UNSPSC 50404006 Sugar snap peas is a Commodity code that captures fresh produce supply contracts for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and child care operations. State and local governments buy sugar snap peas as part of broader fresh produce procurement, though the recent opportunities show sugar snap peas appearing most commonly within larger vegetable assortments for school districts and institutional feeding programs rather than as standalone line items. The code encompasses fresh, pre-cut, and processed produce delivery—including washing, inspection, packaging, and labeling prior to delivery—typically sold by the pound or by the case with traceability documentation and farm-of-origin certification increasingly required. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (elementary, middle, and high schools across multiple states), followed by child care and Head Start programs, state institutional facilities (criminal justice departments), and municipal senior services divisions. School nutrition programs represent the highest concentration of recent activity, with Georgia school districts appearing most frequently in recent solicitations, though Texas school districts and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice also conduct regular produce procurement.

Activity is concentrated in the South and Mid-South, with Georgia (Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, Henry County Schools, and Douglas County School System cooperatively), Texas (Northside Independent School District, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Head Start of Greater Dallas, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools) dominating the recent-opportunities block. Representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks (due July 29, 2026), requesting approximately 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat, pre-processed produce with Wisconsin-sourced inventory and a 5% diverse-owned business preference; Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery five days per week to 117 campuses across the San Antonio area (due May 7, 2026), evaluated 35% on price and 25% on extent of goods meeting district needs; and Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million (proposals due March 4, 2026, with cost-plus-net pricing and USDA terminal market price caps). Contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30 with one to four optional one-year renewals; pricing must remain firm for initial periods (often 60–90 days) with subsequent adjustments tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data; and awards are frequently made to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis. Insurance requirements commonly include $500,000 to $2,000,000 general liability coverage, HACCP certification, traceability systems, and 24/7 recall procedures are standard. No set-aside designations appear in the recent opportunities, though preferences for diverse-owned, minority-owned, woman-owned, or local/regional sourcing appear in several Georgia and Texas school districts and are structured as scoring bonuses rather than strict set-asides.