UNSPSC 50407026: Fiddlehead ferns

The type of vegetable known as fiddlehead ferns

UNSPSC 50407026 Fiddlehead ferns is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it does not reflect sourcing of fiddleheads specifically. Instead, solicitations posted under this code show school districts, Head Start agencies, state departments, and county school systems procuring comprehensive fresh produce assortments—including apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, broccoli, and numerous other items—for school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food operations. The work being solicited is the supply, delivery, and logistics of fresh produce to school cafeteria operations and child nutrition programs, with weekly or daily deliveries to multiple school sites, compliance with USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program standards, and temperature-controlled distribution.

State and local issuing bodies span school districts across Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Henry County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County cooperatives), Texas (Northside Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District, and Austin Independent School District), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Head Start programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, the State of Georgia, and the City of San Antonio. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks due July 29, 2026, seeking approximately 5,900 servings weekly with 5% preference for Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program vendors; Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables with proposals due June 22, 2026, emphasizing sourcing within 400 miles; Dougherty County Board of Education sealed bids for 40 fresh produce line items due June 16, 2026; and Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses due May 7, 2026. Most solicitations are posted as RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB with response windows of two to eight weeks. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with additional activity in Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri. The code shows consistent, active procurement demand for institutional fresh produce supply across the school year and beyond.