UNSPSC 50406810: Yellow guinea yams

The variety of yams known as yellow guinea yams

UNSPSC 50406810 Yellow guinea yams is a Commodity code that sits at the lowest tier of the taxonomy. The recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code show minimal direct relevance to the commodity itself; the code appears in a procurement environment dominated by school nutrition, institutional food service, and child care programs seeking broad produce baskets rather than yams specifically. Among the posted opportunities, only one—the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IW253121 for sweet potatoes for canning (posted June 23, 2026)—names a starchy root vegetable in the same family, and even that solicitation omits scope details from the available synopsis. The dominant pattern across all recent opportunities is bundled fresh-produce procurement for child nutrition, senior services, and correctional food service, where yams or similar specialty starches compete alongside dozens of other produce categories rather than being procured as standalone commodities.

School districts and state correctional agencies drive the activity on this code. Georgia school systems (Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, and the Douglas County School System via the GEC Buying Cooperative) posted multiple sealed-bid and RFP solicitations for fresh produce in the spring of 2026, with response dates between April 14 and June 22, 2026. Texas issued several produce-specific IFBs through the Department of Criminal Justice in June 2026 (carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes), each with brief synopses that omit detailed specifications. Texas school districts, including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio) and Austin Independent School District, also sought fresh produce through RFPs. The City of San Antonio's Senior Services Division posted RFP 26-070 (due May 27, 2026) for produce market operations at 15 senior center sites, and Head Start of Greater Dallas issued IFB 26-GP (due June 24, 2026) for produce alongside frozen and meat products under CACFP requirements. Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools solicited specialty fruits and vegetables for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (RFP 26039RFPDST, posted April 13, 2026, originally due March 11, 2026). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, RFP 02641 due February 25, 2026), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District, bid due April 29, 2026). The code shows no recent sole-source or incumbent-identified procurement; all opportunities are competitive. No opportunities in the source identify yams as a line item or specify quantities, pricing, or delivery terms for this specific commodity, making visibility into actual current demand for yellow guinea yams at the state and local level impossible from the data provided.