UNSPSC 50406100: Sorrels

The type of vegetable known as sorrels

UNSPSC 50406100 Sorrels, a Class code, encompasses fresh produce items—primarily fruits and vegetables in bulk form, pre-cut configurations, and ready-to-eat packaging—procured by school districts, county education systems, state agencies, and Head Start programs to support child nutrition, institutional food service, and federally funded meal programs. State and local buyers under this code source produce for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs, National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) operations, and general institutional cafeteria supply, with recent solicitations emphasizing local sourcing preferences, food safety compliance (HACCP certification, traceability by farm origin, product recall procedures), and delivery logistics to multiple school sites or program locations. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Austin Independent School District (Texas), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Henry County Schools (Georgia), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), Bryan County Schools (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), and Early County Board of Education (Georgia) all posted solicitations in recent months—alongside county education systems, Head Start organizations (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc.), state procurement offices (Texas TDCJ, State of Georgia), municipal agencies (City of San Antonio, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri), and regional cooperative purchasing groups (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts). Specific produce lines dominate across solicitations: apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, and seasonal items, with contract values ranging from approximately $600,000 annually (Hillsborough County FFVP) to $3.1 million (Meriden Public Schools) to $4.4 million (GEC cooperative across 30 districts). Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia, Texas, and Florida, with additional solicitations in Wisconsin, Connecticut, Utah, Missouri, and nationally through state cooperative purchasing arrangements.

The geographic concentration skews decisively toward Georgia school systems—Bryan County, Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Bartow County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County cooperative all issued solicitations between February and May 2026—and Texas school districts and state agencies (TDCJ, Austin ISD, Northside ISD, McAllen ISD). Florida (Hillsborough County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), Utah (Salt Lake City School District), and Oklahoma (Head Start of Greater Dallas) round out recent activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery five days weekly to 117 campuses (RFP due May 7, 2026); Austin Independent School District RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages (RFP due March 11, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) RFP 26039RFPDST for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty fruits and vegetables to 18 elementary schools (RFP due March 11, 2026); Douglas County School System (Georgia) RFP SN 26-004 through GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 districts with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spend (RFP due March 4, 2026); and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia) Bid 26-34 for 72 fresh produce line items to 60 schools (sealed bids due April 23, 2026). Solicitation structure splits between sealed IFBs with firm fixed pricing and RFPs emphasizing vendor qualifications, service capability, and cost-plus or fixed-fee-per-case models; contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options for up to four additional one-year periods. Evaluation commonly weights cost (30–50 percent), product quality and availability (15–30 percent), vendor capability and references (10–20 percent), and compliance with Buy American requirements, food safety certifications, and local-sourcing preferences as secondary factors.