UNSPSC 50406008: Pikant shallots

The variety of shallots known as pikant shallots

UNSPSC 50406008 Pikant shallots is a Commodity code. State and local procurement activity under this code spans fresh produce supply to school nutrition programs, institutional food service operations, and senior services, though recent opportunities show minimal direct activity specific to pikant shallots alone. Instead, school districts and public agencies soliciting under produce categories typically source shallots as one line item within broader fresh vegetable procurements; recent solicitations emphasize apples, bananas, carrots, broccoli, lettuce, onions, potatoes, and tomatoes as core volume items. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs (elementary, middle, and high schools across multiple districts), state departments of criminal justice purchasing for institutional cafeterias, and occasional city or county senior services divisions. Texas leads recent solicitation volume, with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice conducting multiple IFBs for bulk vegetables and fresh produce for prison food service; Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Douglas County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, and Muscogee County) and the State of Georgia post frequent fresh produce bids. Florida (Hillsborough County Schools) and Texas school districts (Austin, McAllen, Northside, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut) round out the active geographic base. Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools) and Missouri (Rockwood School District) also appear in recent activity.

Representative recent opportunities include Bartow County School System in Georgia issuing RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables with a proposal deadline of June 22, 2026, requiring produce sourced within 400 miles and emphasizing seasonal variety and farm traceability; Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia) posting IFB 27-02 for fresh produce by April 14, 2026, covering 60 line items with weekly Tuesday deliveries to 16 school locations; and Head Start of Greater Dallas conducting IFB 26-GP for grocery products including frozen foods and produce by June 24, 2026, with a contract value of approximately $969,460.94 and emphasis on small business and minority/women-owned vendor status. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple bulk vegetable IFBs (carrots under IW241979, white potatoes under IW253099 and IW253121, sweet potatoes under IW253121) with June 23 and March deadlines, targeting institutional canning and food service. School districts typically weight cost at 30–40 percent, product quality and availability at 15–30 percent, and delivery capability and vendor qualifications at 10–25 percent. Contracts run July 1 through June 30 annually with one to four renewal options. No pikant shallot-specific recent opportunities appear in the dataset; vendors should monitor school nutrition and institutional food service RFPs for shallots listed among vegetable line items rather than as a standalone commodity.