UNSPSC 50404706: Lila malanga

The variety of malanga known as lila malanga

UNSPSC 50404706 Lila malanga is a Commodity code that maps to fresh fruit and vegetable snacks and produce sourcing for state and local institutional food service. State and local governments buy under this code fresh, ready-to-eat produce in ready-to-use form—pre-cut vegetables, produce clamshells, whole fruits—for school lunch and breakfast programs, senior nutrition services, child care food programs, and state institutional feeding (correctional facilities). Recent solicitations show produce delivered weekly or twice-weekly in case quantities to multiple school sites, senior centers, and correctional institutions, with significant emphasis on farm-of-origin traceability, USDA compliance, local sourcing preferences where cost allows, and HACCP certification.

The issuing-body mix is dominated by school districts and their central nutrition services—Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County Schools (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and McAllen Independent School District (Texas) are repeat or recent buyers—alongside state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia), county school systems, early childhood programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas), and municipal senior services (City of San Antonio). State institutional purchasers like TDCJ appear frequently with separate solicitations for specific produce items (carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes) destined for institutional canteens. Geographic spread concentrates in Georgia (school districts across multiple counties including Bartow, Dougherty, Bryan, Glynn, Liberty, Muscogee, Henry, and Bulloch), Texas (TDCJ, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD, Hillsborough County Florida), and the broader Southeast. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (bids due July 29, 2026) requiring sourcing within 400 miles of Madison with Wisconsin diversity preferences and $0.20 per pound organic discounts; Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen and fresh produce meeting CACFP requirements with bids due June 24, 2026; Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFBs for bulk carrots (1,200 tons), sweet potatoes, and white potatoes for canning at institutional scale; and Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 for USDA Child Nutrition–compliant fresh produce delivered five days weekly to 117 campuses across the San Antonio area with proposals due May 7, 2026. Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 seeks local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (proposals due June 22, 2026), and Meriden Public Schools RFP 026-41 procures commercial groceries and produce for 8,200 students across Connecticut with an anticipated contract value of approximately $3,100,000 and proposals due February 25, 2026.