UNSPSC 50405706: Yellow potatoes

The variety of potatoes known as yellow potatoes

UNSPSC 50405706 Yellow potatoes is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy yellow potatoes primarily through school nutrition programs and correctional facilities, sourcing fresh produce for child nutrition reimbursable meals, inmate food service, and specialized institutional feeding operations. Recent solicitations show school districts procuring yellow potatoes as line items within broader fresh produce contracts, typically in bulk case quantities delivered weekly to multiple school sites. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple bids for potatoes (including white and sweet potatoes for canning), indicating use across correctional institutional food service. Issuing bodies include school districts of varying sizes, state correctional agencies, child nutrition programs affiliated with Head Start organizations, and county boards of education. School districts are the dominant buyer segment under this code, with repeat activity from Georgia and Texas jurisdictions reflecting year-round institutional demand tied to the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, where state criminal justice procurement and school nutrition programs represent the primary markets. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple bids for potatoes (IFB IW253121 for sweet potatoes for canning, June 23, 2026; IFB IW253099 for white potatoes for canning, June 3 and June 2, 2026), with responses due by June 23, 2026, indicating ongoing volume requirements for institutional canning operations. School nutrition procurement spans Georgia school districts, including Bartow County Schools (RFP 10-2026-019, local fresh fruits and vegetables with 400-mile sourcing requirement, proposals due June 22, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education (sealed bids for fresh produce including potatoes, June 16, 2026), and Bryan County Schools (sealed bid for fresh produce including potatoes, May 27, 2026). Broader multi-district Georgia cooperatives such as the GEC Buying Cooperative procurement (Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004, approximately $4.4 million estimated annual spending across 18 districts for Area One, proposals due March 4, 2026) bundle potato procurement alongside other fresh produce. Texas school districts including Northside Independent School District and Austin Independent School District have solicited fresh produce contracts covering potatoes as component line items. Connecticut's Meriden Public Schools procured potatoes within a comprehensive commercial groceries and USDA Foods bid (anticipated contract value $3.1 million, proposals due February 25, 2026). Missouri's Rockwood R-VI School District issued a grocery items solicitation covering potatoes and other produce (bids due April 29, 2026). No recent opportunities explicitly isolate yellow potatoes as a standalone contract; activity reflects potatoes as one of many line items within institutional food procurement, priced competitively against market indices such as the USDA Fruit and Vegetable Market News Report and subject to firm pricing over contract periods typically running July through June school-year cycles or September through May seasonal windows for specialized programs.