UNSPSC 50407039: Long beans

The type of vegetable known as long beans

UNSPSC 50407039 Long beans, a Commodity code, represents a narrow slice of the fresh produce category that state and local governments buy primarily through school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. The recent opportunities block shows that long beans are not being solicited directly; instead, state and local buyers are procuring broad fresh-produce baskets that include long beans as line items within larger vegetable assortments. Madison Metropolitan School District's Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks bid (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026) and Hillsborough County Public Schools' Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program procurement (RFP 26039RFPDST, due March 11, 2026) both seek ready-to-eat fresh produce delivered to elementary schools under USDA grants, with sourcing and traceability requirements. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple IFBs for bulk vegetables (white potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots) to support institutional food service at correctional facilities. School districts across Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, and others) and other states issue recurring RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce bundles to support school nutrition programs, with produce items typically sourced on a line-item, lowest-responsive-bid basis. Issuing bodies include school districts (the dominant buyer category), state departments of criminal justice, and regional buying cooperatives serving multiple districts.

The code shows sustained activity across the Southeast—particularly Georgia, Texas, and Florida—where school nutrition procurement dominates. Georgia school districts account for the largest concentration of recent solicitations, followed by Texas (primarily TDCJ) and Florida (Hillsborough County). Procurement is geographically dispersed across independent school districts, county boards of education, and state institutional food service operations rather than concentrated in a single jurisdiction. Representative opportunities include the Douglas County School System's GEC Buying Cooperative RFP for fresh produce and eggs (due March 4, 2026, serving 30 districts with an estimated $5.5 million annual spend across two areas), Meriden Public Schools' RFP 026-41 for commercial and USDA foods (due February 25, 2026, with an anticipated contract value of approximately $3.1 million), and Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce (due May 7, 2026, serving 83 elementary, 21 middle, and 13 high schools in Bexar County). Most solicitations weight price heavily (30 to 50 percent), emphasize USDA compliance and Buy American provisions, require traceability and HACCP certification, and award on a line-item basis to allow multiple vendors. Long beans compete within these broader produce baskets; no recent solicitations request long beans exclusively.