UNSPSC 50406409: Jersey sweet potatoes

The variety of sweet potatoes known as jersey sweet potatoes

UNSPSC 50406409 Jersey sweet potatoes, a Commodity code, describes fresh produce typically supplied to institutional food service operations including state correctional facilities, mental health centers, state supported living centers, school districts, and senior services programs. Recent solicitations under this code reflect demand for sweet potatoes as a component of broader fresh produce procurement, where they are requested alongside other vegetables and root crops for meal preparation. The issuing bodies soliciting produce under related codes span state departments of health and human services, departments of criminal justice, county and municipal school nutrition programs, and county senior services divisions, with Texas and Georgia jurisdictions driving the majority of recent activity.

Sweet potatoes appear in state-level produce solicitations primarily through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which posted IFB IW253121 on June 23, 2026, requesting bids for sweet potatoes for canning with responses due the same day through the TDCJ Procurement Portal. The code also captures institutional fresh produce demand: the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued multiple IFBs for consumables and food service groceries at state supported living centers (HHS0018082 for Lufkin, due October 23, 2026, and HHS0017799 for Mexia, due August 25, 2026), while school districts including Bartow County Schools in Georgia and Bryan County Schools in Georgia have posted RFPs for local fresh fruits and vegetables (responses due June 22, 2026, and May 27, 2026, respectively). The Illinois Department of Corrections and Illinois Department of Mental Health have also solicited fresh produce for institutional meal operations. Sweet potatoes represent a minor line item within these broader institutional produce contracts rather than a standalone category, meaning pursuit viability depends on vendors' ability to supply as part of comprehensive produce distribution networks serving correctional, healthcare, and education clients across multiple states.