UNSPSC 50407012: Beet tops

The type of vegetable known as beet tops

UNSPSC 50407012 Beet tops is a Commodity code that sits at the narrow intersection of institutional fresh-produce procurement and state agricultural supply chains. State and local governments rarely solicit beet tops as a standalone line item; the code sees activity primarily through school districts, corrections departments, and other institutional food-service buyers that include beet tops within broader fresh-produce or grocery-staple contracts. The recent opportunities block shows no dedicated beet-tops solicitation, but beet tops appear incidentally in comprehensive produce lists for school nutrition programs — for example, among the 60+ produce line items in the Glynn County Board of Education produce bid (IFB 27-02, April 2026), the Muscogee County School District procurement (ITB 26-017, March 2026), and the Douglas County School System cooperative produce RFP (SN 26-004, February 2026). State correctional systems also procure fresh vegetables in bulk; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple vegetable-specific IFBs (carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes) in the past six months, though none explicitly named beet tops.

Issuing bodies under this code are concentrated among school nutrition programs (both individual districts and cooperative purchasing vehicles like the GEC Buying Cooperative), state corrections departments, and occasionally Head Start and senior services programs. Geographic activity is strongest in Georgia and Texas, where school district RFPs and state agency solicitations dominate the pipeline. Recent representative opportunities include the Glynn County Board of Education fresh-produce bid (sealed bid due April 14, 2026, covering 60 line items for 16 schools), the Muscogee County School District produce ITB (due April 27, 2026, with 60 line items and USDA index-price-plus-markup evaluation), and the Douglas County cooperative RFP spanning 30 school districts across two Georgia regions (due March 4, 2026, with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spend). Beet tops, when procured, are typically bundled within these broad-scope fresh-produce awards rather than carved out as separate line items, making the code a secondary signal within larger institutional food-service contracts rather than a primary sourcing channel.