UNSPSC 50405400: Peas

The type of vegetable known as peas

UNSPSC 50405400 Peas is a Class code that captures state and local procurement of fresh produce items for institutional food service, with recent solicitations emphasizing ready-to-eat, pre-processed, or raw fresh vegetables and fruits for school nutrition programs, senior services, and corrections facilities. The code spans a wide variety of produce categories—including carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other fresh vegetables alongside broader fresh-fruit-and-vegetable program requirements—reflecting the diversity of items state and local agencies actually purchase under this taxonomy tier. School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, with substantial recent activity from independent school districts, county school systems, and state departments of criminal justice; a smaller but steady stream of solicitations comes from city and county human services departments, Head Start providers, and specialized nutrition programs serving children and seniors. The geographic spread concentrates heavily in Texas and Georgia, with notable secondary activity in Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, Utah, and Arizona, driven primarily by the volume of school-nutrition procurement across large districts and state education systems.

Recent representative opportunities illustrate the scope: Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under a USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program grant, seeking approximately 5,900 servings weekly with strict requirements for local sourcing (within 400 miles), ready-to-eat packaging, farm-of-origin traceability, and a contract term of September 1 through November 30, 2026, with cost weighted at 40% and geographic preference at 15% in evaluation; Head Start of Greater Dallas issued IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat across multiple suppliers serving ages 6 weeks to 5 years, with a contract value of $969,460.94 and a proposal deadline of June 24, 2026; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted multiple solicitations for bulk white potatoes, carrots, and sweet potatoes for institutional food service under standing invitation-for-bid procedures; and Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) sought fresh produce through RFP 2026-048 for delivery to 127 schools five days weekly, with evaluation emphasizing price (35%), extent of goods meeting district needs (25%), and quality (15%). Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, general liability insurance minimums ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000, and payment terms of Net 30 to Net 40 days are standard requirements across institutional produce procurement at this tier.