UNSPSC 50407034: Jicama

The type of vegetable known as jicama

UNSPSC 50407034 Jicama is a Commodity code that currently sees minimal direct solicitation activity in state and local procurement. Rather than jicama as a standalone line item, state and local governments are buying fresh produce through broad category solicitations that encompass jicama as one item within comprehensive vegetable and fruit portfolios. School districts, from Madison Metropolitan School District to Northside Independent School District and the State of Texas Department of Criminal Justice, are procuring fresh vegetables under umbrella fruit-and-vegetable RFPs and IFBs where jicama appears incidentally, if at all, within 50+ produce line-item menus. The dominant buyers are school nutrition programs—particularly in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Missouri—along with state corrections departments and child-care programs. Work is solicited as ready-to-eat, inspected, cleaned, pre-cut produce with farm-of-origin traceability, GAP certification, HACCP plans, and USDA compliance; pricing is typically unit-based (per pound or per case) with firm pricing for 12 months and price adjustments thereafter tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index indices. Insurance requirements uniformly run $500,000 to $2,000,000 general liability, and vendors must maintain weekly or twice-weekly delivery capability to multiple school and institutional sites.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Douglas County, Liberty County, Bulloch County, Muscogee County, and the State of Georgia) and Texas (Northside Independent School District, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Hillsborough County, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 (fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for elementary students, weekly delivery within 400 miles, 5% diverse-owned business preference, bids due July 29, 2026), the Dougherty County Board of Education sealed-bid procurement for 40 produce line items across 24 school sites (bids due June 16, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.), the Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses five days weekly (sealed bids due May 7, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFBs for carrots and sweet potatoes with June 23, 2026 deadlines. No solicitations specifically name jicama, and the source shows no recent activity isolated to this commodity alone.