UNSPSC 50405406: Zipper cream peas

The variety of peas known as zipper cream peas

UNSPSC 50405406 Zipper cream peas, a Commodity code, covers fresh produce items that state and local school districts, child nutrition programs, and institutional food service operations buy for meal preparation—but the recent opportunities show little demand for the specific commodity and substantial volume in related fresh produce categories. Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin is seeking fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for elementary students under a USDA program (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026), while Head Start of Greater Dallas is procuring approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods and produce for child care under CACFP rules (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026); both reflect institutional buying patterns for processed and fresh produce, not specifically zipper cream peas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple recent solicitations for white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots for institutional canning and food service (IFBs IW253121, IW253099, and IW241979-A, all with June and March deadlines), and the City of San Antonio and Bartow County Schools in Georgia are seeking fresh produce broadly—establishing that state and local bodies buying under this taxonomy favor broader commodity categories over narrow single-product lines.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas school districts and criminal justice agencies. Georgia school systems—including Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Henry County, Glynn County, and the state procurement office—have issued at least twelve fresh produce RFPs and IFBs since March 2026, typically seeking 50–72 line items of mixed fruits and vegetables for annual contracts running July through June with local or regional sourcing preferences. Texas sources include TDCJ institutional food procurement (carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes for canning and food service), Northside Independent School District in San Antonio (fresh produce for child nutrition, RFP 2026-048, due May 7, 2026), and McAllen Independent School District (fresh produce for 20,000 students across 31 campuses, RFP 2026-1029, due March 6, 2026, extended). Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools is conducting a specialized procurement for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (RFP 26039RFPDST, due March 11, 2026). The code shows no documented recent solicitation specifically for zipper cream peas; the taxonomy appears misaligned with actual procurement focus, which emphasizes broad fresh-produce bundles meeting school nutrition and institutional meal requirements rather than single commodity varieties.