UNSPSC 50406404: Garnet sweet potatoes

The variety of sweet potatoes known as garnet sweet potatoes

UNSPSC 50406404 Garnet sweet potatoes is a Commodity code representing a single fresh-produce item that state and local governments procure as part of broader food-service operations — most commonly through institutional food-supply contracts for correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and senior-services operations. Recent state and local solicitations show garnet sweet potatoes tagged under this code appear rarely in isolation; instead, sweet potatoes feature as one line item within larger fresh-produce, fresh-vegetable, or food-service grocery procurements. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted a dedicated sweet-potato-for-canning solicitation (IFB IW253121, due June 23, 2026) but the specification detail was not disclosed in the source material. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under related fresh-produce codes include state departments of corrections and criminal justice, state health and human services commissions operating state-supported living centers, school districts and school nutrition programs, senior-services agencies, and institutional food-service operations. Texas dominates recent activity, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and multiple Texas state-supported living centers posting repeated procurements for food-service items and fresh produce during the 2026 fiscal-year cycle.

Geographic concentration centers on Texas, with secondary activity in Georgia (school districts and county school systems) and isolated activity in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh-fruit-and-vegetable solicitations for the Snyder Food Warehouse (IW267420, due October 14, 2026) and Wynne Food Warehouse (IW267411, due October 14, 2026), both requesting produce delivery via the TDCJ Procurement Portal; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's consumables-and-food-service-supplies procurements for the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (HHS0018082, IFB, due October 23, 2026); and school-district fresh-produce bids from Bartow County School System (Georgia) and Bryan County Schools (Georgia) for the 2026-2027 school year, both emphasizing local sourcing within 400 miles. Activity appears steady through fiscal-year 2027 budget cycles but individual line-item volume is not disclosed in most solicitations; sweet potatoes as a discrete Commodity code shows minimal standalone procurement activity in the recent record.