UNSPSC 50406524: Tumbler tomatoes

The variety of tomates known as tumbler tomatoes

UNSPSC 50406524 Tumbler tomatoes, a Commodity code, reflects state and local government procurement for ready-to-eat fresh produce and prepared vegetable snacks delivered to schools, senior centers, and institutional food service operations. The recent solicitations show that purchasing bodies source tumbler tomatoes and related fresh produce in multiple forms—whole fresh items, pre-cut and packaged ready-to-serve portions, and specialty varieties suitable for direct student consumption or senior distribution—with emphasis on traceability, food safety compliance, and compliance with USDA Child Nutrition or Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program standards.

School districts dominate the buyer mix, issuing RFPs and IFBs from elementary-focused programs (Madison Metropolitan School District's FFVP initiative serving roughly 5,900 weekly servings) to large multi-site systems (Northside Independent School District across 117 campuses, Savannah-Chatham County covering 60 sites, and Douglas County Cooperative aggregating 30 districts). State correctional systems also procure tumbler tomatoes and related fresh produce in bulk for institutional canteen and food service operations, as evidenced by multiple Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFBs. Senior services programs (City of San Antonio's produce box distribution to 15 senior centers) and Head Start child care providers (Head Start of Greater Dallas serving children ages 6 weeks to 5 years) round out the institutional base. Procurement activity clusters heavily in Texas (TDCJ, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Northside ISD, Head Start of Greater Dallas) and Georgia (multiple school districts including Bartow County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, and Muscogee County), with notable recent activity also in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and Missouri (Rockwood School District). Solicitation types are predominantly sealed-bid IFBs and RFPs with response dates typically 30–60 days from posting. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (response due July 29, 2026) seeking approximately 5,900 weekly servings of fresh fruit and vegetable snacks within 400 miles of Madison under Wisconsin locational preference; Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 requesting fresh produce delivery five days per week to 117 campuses across San Antonio; and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 aggregating approximately $5.5 million in fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts. Vendors face stringent food safety requirements including HACCP certification or plans, GAP audits where required, traceability documentation by farm of origin, and insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million. Buy American provisions appear in nearly all K–12 and state institutional procurements, with some jurisdictions applying geographic or local-sourcing preferences (produce within 50–400 miles). Pricing models typically fix unit or per-pound rates for the contract term, with escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data allowable only after six months or mid-term reviews. Award criteria weight cost (typically 30–50 percent), quality and compliance (15–30 percent), delivery reliability and experience (10–25 percent), and in some cases local-business or small-business status (5–15 percent).