UNSPSC 50406604: Purple top milan turnips

The variety of turnips known as purple top milan turnips

UNSPSC 50406604 Purple top milan turnips (Commodity) represents fresh produce items that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs, child care food services, and institutional feeding operations. The code sees active recent solicitation focused on fresh vegetable supply for K–12 school districts and Head Start programs, where produce must meet USDA nutritional reimbursement standards and food safety protocols including HACCP certification and traceability by farm of origin. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code span school districts of varying sizes, county boards of education, independent school districts, state departments of criminal justice, and child nutrition programs; recent activity shows particularly strong momentum from Georgia and Texas school nutrition procurement offices and multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles.

Recent opportunities illustrate the scope and geographic distribution. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks through July 29, 2026, emphasizing local sourcing within 400 miles and Wisconsin diversity-vendor preferences, with weekly delivery of ready-to-eat, inspected, cleaned, and packaged produce for elementary students in the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; Head Start of Greater Dallas issued IFB 26-GP through June 24, 2026, for frozen and fresh produce meeting Child and Adult Care Food Program requirements across 32,409 cases, with award value estimated at $969,460.94 and preference for SBE, MBE, and WBE participation. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple solicitations for bulk root vegetables including IW253099 and IW253121 (carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes for institutional canning operations) with June 23, 2026 response dates and electronic submission through the TDCJ Procurement Portal. School districts across Georgia—including Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, and Douglas County—have solicited fresh produce through IFBs and RFPs with response dates between April and May 2026, typically requiring weekly delivery to multiple school sites with HACCP plans, liability insurance, Buy American compliance, and pricing pegged to USDA market indices. Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with secondary momentum in Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut; activity is heaviest in spring months (February through June 2026) aligned with school-year contracting cycles and Summer Food Service Program expansion planning.