UNSPSC 50404818: St george's mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as st george's mushrooms

UNSPSC 50404818 St george's mushrooms is a Commodity code that covers fresh mushroom supply to state and local institutions, though the recent solicitation activity shows broader fresh produce procurement patterns. State and local buyers under this code span school districts, criminal-justice institutions, senior-services departments, and child-nutrition authorities. The work solicited includes weekly or scheduled delivery of fresh produce—including mushrooms and other vegetables—to institutional cafeterias, with strict requirements for temperature-controlled transport, food-safety documentation (HACCP plans, GAP certification, traceability), and compliance with USDA nutrition standards and Buy American provisions. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with activity concentrated in Georgia and Texas. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (July 29, 2026 deadline) seeking fresh fruit and vegetable snacks including mushrooms from vendors within 400 miles of Wisconsin, with weekly delivery of pre-cut, packaged produce to elementary students; Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP (June 24, 2026) for frozen foods and produce meeting Child and Adult Care Food Program requirements across 32,409 cases; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice white potato and sweet potato bids (June 23, 2026 deadlines) for institutional food service operations. The code shows no recent activity specifically tagged to mushrooms alone; nearly all recent opportunities cluster around broader fresh produce, vegetables, and grocery procurement by school nutrition programs and institutional food services.

Georgia and Texas dominate recent activity, with school districts in Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, and Douglas County all posting fresh produce bids between March and May 2026, and Texas entities (TDCJ, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD, Austin ISD) posting multiple commodity-specific and broad produce solicitations in February through May 2026. Florida (Hillsborough County), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and Texas state-agency procurement also appear. Most school-district produce contracts run July 1 through June 30 with options to renew one to four additional years; pricing is typically firm for the contract period with prospective redetermination or escalation allowances tied to USDA market reports. Insurance requirements are consistent across jurisdictions—$500,000 to $2 million general liability, workers' compensation, and HACCP certification or GAP audit documentation. Vendor-preference signals include local-sourcing mandates (400-mile radius in Wisconsin; 200-mile in Georgia districts; 50-mile in Texas), organic product discounts, and encouragement of small, minority, and women-owned enterprises without formal set-asides in most cases. Award timelines typically extend 60 days post-bid opening; payment terms are Net 30 to Net 40 from delivery or invoice. The code shows active, distributed institutional fresh-produce procurement with steady seasonal demand but no concentration around mushrooms specifically.