UNSPSC 50406502: Alicante tomatoes

The variety of tomates known as alicante tomatoes

UNSPSC 50406502 Alicante tomatoes, a Commodity code, does not map clearly to the recent state and local procurement activity in the source. The opportunities tagged with this code involve school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and senior services purchasing fresh produce — apples, bananas, carrots, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and mixed fruits and vegetables — for institutional meal service and distribution. The source contains no recent solicitations explicitly requesting Alicante tomatoes by variety or name; instead, the code's recent activity reflects broad fresh-produce contracts that name tomatoes as one line item among many, or that reference generic tomatoes without specifying cultivar.

School districts and county school systems dominate issuing activity, with recent bids from Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Bartow County Schools (Georgia), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), Bryan County Schools (Georgia), Bulloch County Schools (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Henry County Schools (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), and McAllen Independent School District (Texas). State agencies also procure under this code: the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued multiple IFBs for carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and bulk cafeteria food products. Head Start of Greater Dallas and the City of San Antonio's senior services also posted solicitations for fresh produce and produce-market services. Geographic spread centers on Texas, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Missouri. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (bids due July 29, 2026) with weekly deliveries to elementary schools under the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB IW241979-A for 1,200 tons of carrots (bid due March 17, 2026); Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to multiple campuses five days weekly (proposals due May 7, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFQDST for specialty fruits and vegetables to 18 elementary schools under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (proposals due March 11, 2026); and Bartow County Schools RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables within 400 miles (bids due June 22, 2026). Evaluation typically emphasizes cost (30–50%), product quality and availability (15–30%), delivery reliability and geographic preference where applicable (10–25%), and vendor qualifications or service capability (5–20%). Most contracts run one school or fiscal year with renewal options; pricing is firm for the contract term or subject to redetermination at set intervals using USDA market indices or Consumer Price Index data. Buy American requirements, HACCP certification, comprehensive liability insurance ($500,000 to $2,000,000), and compliance with federal food safety regulations are standard. No recent opportunities specify set-asides or disadvantaged-business preferences at the commodity level, though some districts encourage participation from small and minority-owned enterprises as federal funding requires. The source provides no evidence that tomatoes — or Alicante tomatoes specifically — command separate procurement strategy or premium demand within institutional food service; the code shows minimal recent activity distinct from broader fresh-produce category buying.