UNSPSC 50406304: Crookneck squash

The variety of summer squashes and summer pumpkins known as crookneck squash

UNSPSC 50406304 Crookneck squash is a Commodity code that captures fresh vegetable procurement across state and local school nutrition programs, institutional food service operations, and specialized child nutrition initiatives. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying fresh produce—including squash, carrots, potatoes, and other vegetables—delivered in bulk and ready-to-serve form for elementary students, incarcerated populations, and senior center participants. The issuing-body mix spans school districts (elementary through high school), county boards of education, state departments of criminal justice, city human services departments, and specialized nutrition programs such as Head Start and the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. School nutrition procurement dominates the activity, with districts requiring weekly or frequent delivery to multiple school sites, strict USDA compliance including Buy American provisions, HACCP certification, and comprehensive insurance. Institutional buyers—the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia state operations—procure bulk commodity vegetables for canning and large-scale food service. The code also captures produce-market operations for senior services and farm-to-school local-sourcing initiatives that emphasize vegetables grown within specified geographic radii (typically 200–400 miles).

Geographic spread centers on Georgia and Texas, with significant recent activity also in Florida, South Carolina, Connecticut, and Missouri. Georgia school districts post frequently under this code—Bartow County, Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, and Douglas County have all issued produce bids in the past four months. Texas activity includes TDCJ carrots and potatoes (IFB IW253079, IFB IW253121, IFB IW253099 in June 2026, with due dates of June 23, 2026) and school district RFPs from Northside ISD, McAllen ISD, and Austin ISD. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks (due July 29, 2026) sourcing approximately 5,900 servings weekly within 400 miles and Wisconsin, with a $0.20 per pound organic preference discount and diverse-owned business set-asides; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for bulk white potatoes and carrots (due June 23, 2026) via the TDCJ Procurement Portal; and Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 83 elementary, 21 middle, and 13 high schools five days per week (due May 7, 2026). Most school-level procurements weight cost heavily (30–50 points) but also evaluate quality, delivery capability, and compliance; many include small-business or diverse-owned-business evaluation factors or preferences. Incumbent vendors are rarely named, and most districts reserve the right to award to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis.