UNSPSC 50404823: Tonku mushrooms

Variety of mushrooms known as tonku mushrooms.

UNSPSC 50404823 Tonku mushrooms (Commodity) does not reflect the scope of work actually being solicited under this code in recent state and local procurement. A review of twenty-seven recent opportunities tagged to this Commodity code shows no procurement for tonku mushrooms or any mushrooms; instead, issuing bodies are sourcing fresh produce broadly—apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, berries, and citrus—for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and correctional institutions. The code appears to be a misclassification artifact in state procurement systems, with fresh-produce sourcing at institutional scale driving demand under codes that nominally reference mushrooms. Pursuing activity under this code directly requires confirming the actual scope with the issuing body, as the code name bears no relationship to what state and local governments are actually buying.

School districts dominate the issuing bodies, with twenty-three of the twenty-seven opportunities originating from K–12 nutrition programs—including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa), Austin Independent School District (Texas), Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), and multiple Georgia boards of education (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, Bulloch County, and Early County). Two opportunities are from Head Start and child care programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri), and two are from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for institutional food service. Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (response due July 29, 2026) requiring weekly deliveries of approximately 5,900 servings to elementary schools under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce (response due May 7, 2026) to supply eighty-three elementary, twenty-one middle, and thirteen high schools with five-day-per-week delivery through June 30, 2027; and Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFQDST for fresh fruit and vegetable program delivery to approximately eighteen elementary schools (response due March 11, 2026), with a cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case structure and an estimated annual budget of $600,000 funded entirely by USDA grant. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple bids for bulk carrots, white potatoes, and sweet potatoes for canning under institutional procurement. All school district opportunities emphasize USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance, Buy American sourcing, HACCP certification, temperature-controlled delivery, and weekly fill rates; pricing is typically firm for the initial contract term with adjustments tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service indexes or Consumer Price Index data on a six-month basis. Set-asides are not uniformly applied across districts, though some solicitations encourage small-business and minority-owned-business participation as a federal funding requirement. Contract terms are most commonly July 1 through June 30 with options for renewal (two to four additional one-year periods), and award values range from estimated $600,000 (Hillsborough County) to approximately $4.4 million for multi-district cooperative procurements (Douglas County GEC Buying Cooperative).