UNSPSC 50407005: Arrowhead

The type of vegetable known as arrowhead

UNSPSC 50407005 Arrowhead, a Commodity code, names a fresh produce item that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and senior services to support meal service operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and county boards of education are the dominant buyers, along with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Head Start agencies, seeking fresh fruits and vegetables—particularly carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, and mixed produce—for institutional food service delivery under both fixed-price and cost-plus contract structures. School districts emphasize sourcing from within specified geographic radii (typically 200–400 miles), USDA compliance, food safety certifications including HACCP and GAP audits, traceability documentation, and weekly delivery to multiple school sites; corrections departments and child nutrition programs prioritize bulk institutional quantities with firm pricing, standardized specifications, and compliance with federal food service regulations. Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction—some solicitations encourage small, minority-owned, and women-owned business participation without formal set-asides, while Texas procurements include explicit preferences for service-disabled veteran-owned and Texas-based vendors under state rule 34 TAC 20.306.

Georgia school districts and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice dominate recent activity, with secondary volume from school districts in Florida, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, and Utah. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 servings weekly, deadline July 29, 2026), Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (deadline June 22, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for 40 produce line items across 24 nutrition sites (deadline June 16, 2026), and Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses five days weekly (deadline May 7, 2026). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple IFBs for bulk commodity supplies—carrots (IW253079), sweet potatoes (IW253121), white potatoes (IW253099)—and the Hillsborough County Public Schools FFVP procurement (RFB 26039RFPDST) targets specialty fruits and vegetables for elementary students at $600,000 annual budget. McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029) and Austin Independent School District (RFP 26RFP034) represent larger multi-campus systems seeking produce with geographic and sustainability preferences. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Bartow, Bryan, Bulloch, Dougherty, Douglas, Glynn, Henry, Liberty, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham County systems) and Texas (TDCJ, multiple school districts), with meaningful activity also in Florida, Utah, Missouri, and Connecticut; the code shows steady institutional procurement demand across school-year cycles.