UNSPSC 50404814: Porcieni mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as porcieni mushrooms

UNSPSC 50404814 Porcieni mushrooms is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce—including mushrooms, carrots, potatoes, apples, and other items—primarily through school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and senior services, often under USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding or National School Lunch Program reimbursement. Recent solicitations show school districts and county boards of education buying fresh produce in volume for weekly or monthly delivery to multiple sites, with emphasis on USDA compliance, food safety certification (HACCP), Buy American standards, and traceability. Issuing bodies span a broad mix of school districts (from small rural systems to large urban districts like Northside Independent School District in San Antonio and Austin ISD), state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia), county boards of education, and specialized programs such as Head Start and senior services divisions in municipalities. School nutrition programs dominate the activity, typically awarding contracts to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis for the annual July-through-June fiscal year, with pricing based on USDA terminal market indices or firm fixed rates and delivery to dozens of school sites.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas. Georgia school districts—including Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Henry County, Douglas County (via the GEC Buying Cooperative), and Liberty County—have posted produce bids in March through May 2026 with response deadlines clustering in April and May. Texas entities, including the Department of Criminal Justice (multiple potato and carrot bids in February through June 2026), Head Start of Greater Dallas, and school districts like McAllen and Northside ISD in San Antonio, show comparable activity. A representative recent solicitation is Madison Metropolitan School District's RFQ 4163 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snacks—approximately 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat produce sourced within 400 miles of Madison, Wisconsin, with a 5% preference for Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program vendors and a $0.20 per pound organic preference discount. Another is Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 (posted April 14, 2026, due May 7, 2026) seeking fresh produce for five-day-per-week delivery across 117 campuses in the San Antonio area during the 2026-2027 school year, with evaluation weighted to price (35%), extent of goods meeting district needs (25%), and quality (15%). Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida posted an RFP on February 11, 2026 (due March 11, 2026) for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery to 18 elementary schools. Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction—some offer SBE, MBE, or WBE preferences; others apply geographic sourcing requirements or local-farm prioritization—but open competitive procurements dominate. The code sees steady, high-volume activity across the education and correctional sectors, with pricing pressure from USDA index benchmarking and consistent demand driven by federal nutrition reimbursement cycles.