UNSPSC 50406715: Queensland blue squash

The variety of winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as queensland blue squash

UNSPSC 50406715 Queensland blue squash is a Commodity code. State and local governments rarely procure this specific produce item through formal solicitations. The recent opportunities block shows no direct Queensland blue squash solicitations; instead, the code appears to be a granular agricultural commodity designation that rolls into broader fresh-produce and food-service buys at the school district, county, and institutional level. When squash does appear in solicitations, it typically occupies a single line item within a comprehensive produce specification alongside dozens of other vegetables, bought by school nutrition programs, institutional food services, and child-feeding programs as part of monthly or annual food contracts rather than as a standalone category.

State and local solicitation activity for fresh produce—the family encompassing this code—concentrates heavily in Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Bulloch County, Douglas County, Henry County, Muscogee County, and statewide procurement), Texas (Northside ISD in San Antonio, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, TDCJ food service and canning operations), Florida (Hillsborough County), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), and Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools). Issuing bodies span school districts of all sizes (from rural single-digit-school systems to urban districts serving 80,000+ students), county boards of education, state departments (Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut), and specialized child-feeding programs (Head Start, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program). Most recent solicitations are RFPs and IFBs for school nutrition produce buys with response dates falling March through July 2026, typically with one-year initial terms and renewal options. Representative opportunities include Northside ISD San Antonio seeking fresh produce for 117 school campuses (RFP 2026-048, due May 7, 2026), the Douglas County School System seeking produce and eggs for 30 cooperating districts under competitive line-item pricing (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026 at $4.4–$1.1 million estimated annual spend split by region), and Hillsborough County Public Schools seeking specialty fruits and vegetables for the federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program at 18 elementary schools with $600,000 annual budget (RFP 26039RFPDST, due March 11, 2026). School districts evaluate produce vendors on cost, quality, delivery frequency and reliability, traceability and food-safety certification (HACCP), and alignment with nutrition standards; local-sourcing preferences within 200–400 miles are common, and organic or domestic-priority language appears in many RFPs. Given the code's extreme specificity and the absence of Queensland blue squash in any named recent bid, pursuit should focus on general fresh-produce frameworks where squash qualifications or certifications may support secondary-supplier positioning within broader annual institutional food-service contracts.