UNSPSC 50407024: Diakon

The type of vegetable known as diakon

UNSPSC 50407024 Diakon, a Commodity code, covers fresh fruit and vegetable snacks—pre-processed, ready-to-eat produce delivered to schools, child care programs, senior centers, and institutional food service operations. State and local buyers procure these items primarily through school nutrition programs, Head Start agencies, departments of criminal justice, and senior services divisions, with sourcing heavily weighted toward USDA child nutrition reimbursable compliance, weekly or multi-day-per-week delivery requirements, and traceability documentation. The code sees active competitive procurement across school districts (elementary through high school systems serving thousands of students), county boards of education, municipal senior services, and state institutional facilities.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia, Texas, and Florida, with Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Bulloch County, and Savannah-Chatham County) and Texas entities (TDCJ, Head Start of Greater Dallas, Northside and Austin Independent School Districts, McAllen ISD, Hillsborough County Schools in Florida) driving a dense volume of RFPs and IFBs. The Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks with a due date of July 29, 2026, emphasizing local sourcing within 400 miles and Wisconsin diversity-owned vendor preferences at 5 percent discount; the Bartow County School System (Georgia) issued RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables with a June 22, 2026 due date; Head Start of Greater Dallas issued IFB 26-GP on June 24, 2026 for frozen foods, produce, and meat totaling an estimated $969,460.94; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued multiple IFBs for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes in June 2026 with June 23 and early July response dates. Contract terms typically run one to three years with optional renewal periods, pricing is frequently firm for 60 to 90 days post-award with market-indexed adjustments thereafter, and awards often go to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis. Buyers consistently require HACCP certification, traceability systems with farm-of-origin documentation, temperature-controlled delivery, general liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million minimum), and compliance with Buy American Act provisions and USDA food safety standards.