UNSPSC 50406710: Cushaw squash

The variety of winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as cushaw squash

UNSPSC 50406710 Cushaw squash is a Commodity code that sits beneath the fresh produce family and captures state and local government purchases of this specific winter squash variety for institutional food service and meal programs. Recent solicitations show cushaw squash purchased primarily as part of broad fresh-produce and food-service contracts serving correctional facilities, state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and senior services. The code reflects a narrow commodity within the much larger institutional fresh-produce procurement ecosystem, where cushaw is typically bid as one line item among dozens of vegetable and fruit SKUs rather than as a standalone contract driver.

State and local issuing bodies purchasing under this code include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission (operating state supported living centers), school districts in Georgia and Wisconsin, county school nutrition programs, and city and county human services departments. The geographic activity concentrates heavily in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Wisconsin and Illinois. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetable supply contracts for multiple food warehouses (Wynne, Snyder, and Palestine locations, with responses due in September and October 2026), the Dougherty County Board of Education School Nutrition Program's fresh produce bid spanning 40 line items including root vegetables and squashes (due June 16, 2026), and the Bartow County School System's local fresh fruits and vegetables procurement requiring sourcing within 400 miles (due June 22, 2026). Cushaw squash does not appear as a named line item in the available opportunity summaries; the code shows activity only as an implied sub-component of broader fresh-produce family purchasing. No standalone or high-frequency cushaw-specific opportunities are evident in the recent posting activity reviewed.