UNSPSC 50406606: Snowball turnips

The variety of turnips known as snowball turnips

UNSPSC 50406606 Snowball turnips (Commodity) spans fresh-produce procurement by state and local government agencies, though recent state and local activity under this specific code shows minimal relevant solicitation volume. The opportunities posted under or adjacent to this code predominantly reflect broader fresh-produce, food-service, and institutional-nutrition procurement rather than snowball turnips specifically. When state and local agencies do solicit turnips or root vegetables, they typically embed them within larger fresh-produce line-item aggregations (such as fresh-fruit-and-vegetable contracts for correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, state-supported living centers, and senior-services operations) rather than issuing single-commodity solicitations. The primary buyers are Texas state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Georgia school nutrition programs and the State of Georgia, Illinois state facilities (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health), and local jurisdictions including Collier County (Florida), Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), and Head Start programs. Institutional food service — correctional facilities, state living centers, mental health facilities, school cafeterias, and senior nutrition programs — drives the procurement activity, with vendors typically supplying produce on bi-weekly or weekly delivery cycles to multiple facilities under annual or multi-year food-service contracts.

Recent opportunities reveal turnips and similar root vegetables appearing as line items within larger produce bids rather than standalone procurements. Representative solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's RFP for fresh fruits and vegetables (IW267411, Wynne Food Warehouse; IW267420, Snyder Food Warehouse, both due October 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for consumables and noncontract food items for Lufkin State Supported Living Center (HHS0018082, due October 23, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections RFQ for fresh produce at Joliet Treatment Center (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026, with small-business set-aside), school nutrition procurements in Georgia (Dougherty County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, Bryan County School Nutrition Program, and Early County Board of Education) and Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), and Collier County's ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (258360, due March 6, 2025). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (TDCJ and HHSC), Georgia (multiple school systems), Illinois (state facilities), and scattered municipal and county jurisdictions across the South and Midwest. Bidding typically requires F.O.B. Destination pricing, product compliance with USDA or facility-specific quality standards, delivery schedule reliability, and liability insurance; school districts often apply local-sourcing preferences or diversity-contracting scoring premiums. No responses are marked as past-due, and current opportunities reflect standard institutional food-service cycles tied to fiscal years or school years beginning July or September 2026.