UNSPSC 50406202: Bloomsdale spinach

The variety of spinach known as bloomsdale spinach

UNSPSC 50406202 Bloomsdale spinach is a Commodity code naming a specific fresh produce line item that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs, child care centers, and institutional food service operations. The recent solicitations show that this code tags requests for fresh produce broadly—spinach appears as one item within larger fresh vegetable procurements rather than as a standalone commodity. Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks due July 29, 2026, and Hillsborough County Public Schools' FFVP procurement are representative examples; both seek pre-packaged, ready-to-eat produce items meeting USDA Child Nutrition standards with traceability by farm of origin and strict delivery schedules. Head Start of Greater Dallas and multiple Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Bryan County, and Liberty County) are active buyers under produce codes, as are state procurement divisions in Texas (TDCJ) and Georgia purchasing institutional meals and Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program snacks.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas, with active solicitations also in Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and Arizona. Recent opportunities span elementary school nutrition programs (Madison Metropolitan, NISD, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD, Savannah-Chatham County, Hillsborough County), county school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Douglas County cooperative covering 30 districts, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Henry County), Head Start child care operations (Head Start of Greater Dallas valued at $969,460.94), state institutional food service (Texas TDCJ; State of Georgia), and municipal senior services (City of San Antonio). Most procurements are RFPs or IFBs with response dates clustered April through July 2026. Evaluation typically weights cost at 30–50 percent, with secondary criteria for geographic preference (local sourcing), product quality, delivery reliability, and traceability. Many solicitations require 400-mile or 200-mile local sourcing radius; others apply organic or Texas-grown preferences. Insurance requirements commonly run $500,000 to $2,000,000 general liability. Pricing is typically firm for the initial contract term, with escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data only after the first year or at the six-month mark.