UNSPSC 50406309: Early prolific straight neck squash

The variety of summer squashes and summer pumpkins known as early prolific straight neck squash

UNSPSC 50406309 Early prolific straight neck squash, a Commodity code, covers fresh whole-produce items delivered to school districts, county governments, state agencies, and child-care programs in ready-to-eat or bulk form for institutional feeding programs. Recent activity shows school nutrition departments and criminal-justice agencies soliciting individual produce line items or comprehensive fresh-fruit-and-vegetable contracts, with all products meeting USDA specifications, food-safety certifications (HACCP, GAP audit), and Buy American compliance. State and local educational bodies dominate the issuer base — school districts across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut are the primary repeat buyers, supplemented by scattered state-level institutional food service procurement from corrections departments and senior services divisions. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity across Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and scattered Midwest jurisdictions; Texas corrections facilities and Georgia school systems appear most frequently across the recent-opportunity block.

Representative solicitations include the Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, due July 29, 2026, requiring produce sourced within 400 miles of Madison with weekly delivery of approximately 5,900 servings; the Northside Independent School District (Texas) RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to all district campuses five days per week (August 10, 2026 through May 26, 2027) with evaluation weighted toward purchase price (35%) and extent of goods meeting needs (25%); and the Douglas County School System (Georgia) RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering fresh produce and eggs for 30 school districts across two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple produce IFBs (carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes for canning) with late-June 2026 deadlines, while school districts in Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham) and across multiple states are actively procuring fresh produce under RFP, RFQ, and IFB instruments with contract terms aligned to the 2026-2027 school year (July 2026 through June 2027).