UNSPSC 50407005: Arrowhead

The type of vegetable known as arrowhead

UNSPSC 50407005 Arrowhead is a Commodity code that covers fresh produce and consumable food items sourced and delivered to state and local institutional food-service operations, including prepared food products, fresh fruits and vegetables, and food-service supplies. State and local governments buying under this code procure fresh produce, prepared food items, and disposables for correctional facilities, mental health centers, supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and senior services operations. Issuing bodies include state health and human services departments, departments of criminal justice, school districts, county boards of education, and municipal senior-services divisions. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice dominate recent solicitation activity, appearing repeatedly across multiple facilities and procurement cycles for institutional food-service supply contracts.

Recent opportunities span Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFB notices for consumables and food-service items at Lufkin and Mexia State Supported Living Centers, requesting bids for prepared foods, fresh produce, and disposables with firm pricing on unit bases and delivery between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued RFQ notices for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to food warehouses at Palestine, Snyder, Wynne, and Huntsville, with responses due in mid-to-late October 2026. The Illinois Department of Corrections issued a small-business-set-aside IFB for bi-weekly fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026), specifying USDA-grade produce with damage-replacement obligations and prevailing-wage compliance. School districts in Georgia and Wisconsin have posted RFBs for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks and seasonal local produce with weighted evaluation criteria emphasizing cost, product quality, delivery compliance, and diverse-owned-business status. Collier County, Florida, issued an ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park with a 10-point local-vendor preference (ITN 258360, proposals due March 6, 2025). Head Start of Greater Dallas solicited grocery products including approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat for CACFP-compliant child care programs (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District sought fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison with Wisconsin diversity-program preferences (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026). The San Antonio Department of Human Services posted an RFP for produce-market consulting and distribution services at 15 senior center locations (RFP 26-070, due May 27, 2026).