UNSPSC 50406507: Delicious tomatoes

The variety of tomates known as delicious tomatoes

UNSPSC 50406507 Delicious tomatoes is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh produce sourcing for institutional food service, with recent state and local solicitations emphasizing ready-to-eat or minimally processed tomatoes alongside mixed fresh fruit and vegetable programs serving school nutrition, senior services, and correctional facilities. The code captures both standalone tomato procurements and tomatoes as line items within comprehensive produce bids for child nutrition reimbursable meal programs, institutional cafeterias, and USDA-funded fresh produce initiatives. Issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through secondary), county boards of education, state corrections departments, Head Start child care programs, city senior services, and regional school cooperatives. School nutrition programs dominate recent activity, with districts ranging from under 20,000 to over 80,000 students across single-district and multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles; state departments of criminal justice procure bulk institutional quantities; and smaller Head Start and senior services programs source smaller volumes for specialized populations.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary presence in Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, and other states. Representative current opportunities include the Bartow County School System (Georgia RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables with 400-mile sourcing requirement and July 20, 2026 award target), the Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia sealed bid for 40 produce line items including tomatoes with June 16, 2026 due date), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (multiple IFBs for bulk vegetable commodities including potatoes and carrots with June 23, 2026 closings), the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio (RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce with five-day-per-week delivery and May 7, 2026 due date), Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa (RFP for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce with March 11, 2026 deadline, cost-plus fixed-fee structure, and $600,000 estimated annual budget), and the Douglas County School System in Georgia (cooperative RFP for 30 districts with approximately $5.5 million combined annual spending and March 4, 2026 due date). Most school-based procurements require HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, traceability documentation by farm of origin, liability insurance ($500,000 to $2,000,000 minimums typical), and weekly or twice-weekly deliveries; pricing structures vary from firm fixed unit pricing to cost-plus models indexed to USDA terminal market reports or escalation provisions keyed to labor or commodity indices. Many districts apply organic or locally grown produce preferences in scoring or price comparison but do not mandate them.