UNSPSC 50407047: Opos

The type of vegetable known as opos

UNSPSC 50407047 Opos (Commodity) names fresh fruits and vegetables supplied to state and local institutional food service operations—school districts, child nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and senior services—with bids solicited on unit-price, line-item, and cost-plus-fixed-fee structures for weekly or scheduled delivery to multiple sites. State and local governments buying under this code span school nutrition programs (elementary through high school districts), county and regional education authorities, child care facilities certified under CACFP, correctional agencies, and municipal senior services divisions. Recent solicitations are dominated by school districts—Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) seeking ready-to-eat fresh produce snacks for elementary students in July 2026, Northside Independent School District in San Antonio (Texas) requesting five-day-per-week delivery of USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable produce through May 2027, and McAllen Independent School District (Texas) awarding to multiple vendors for monthly and weekly produce purchases starting April 2026. Institutional buyers also include Head Start of Greater Dallas procuring frozen and fresh products for ages 6 weeks to 5 years under CACFP rules, Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) filling elementary sites under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice seeking bulk carrots, white potatoes, and sweet potatoes for canning and food service across institutional locations. Correctional and senior services round out the issuing-body mix: TDCJ has posted multiple IFBs for vegetables suitable for bulk institutional processing, and the City of San Antonio's Senior Services Division operates produce markets at 15 senior center sites.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, with substantial recent activity also in Wisconsin, Missouri, Connecticut, and South Carolina. Texas dominates through TDCJ procurements (white potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes for canning, cafeteria food products to five warehouse regions) and school districts (NISD, McAllen, Austin ISD). Georgia school districts post consistently—Bartow County Schools requiring local sourcing within 400 miles, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Douglas County, and Bulloch County all issuing RFPs and IFBs for produce with July 2026 or later contract starts. Florida's Hillsborough County and Connecticut's Meriden Public Schools (approximately $3.1 million estimated value for 2026-2027) represent significant northern activity. Evaluation criteria typically weight cost at 35–50 percent, product quality and availability at 15–30 percent, delivery performance and service at 10–25 percent, and compliance with Buy American, HACCP, and food safety standards as mandatory pass-throughs. Delivery frequency and minimum shelf life (five to ten days at receipt) are standard contractual requirements. Insurance minimums range from $500,000 to $2 million general liability, with workers' compensation and vehicle coverage mandatory. Award timelines run 60–90 days post-opening, with contract terms typically July 1 through June 30 plus one to four optional renewal years. Pricing firm for 60 days to one year, with escalation permitted thereafter only on documented market data (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Consumer Price Index, Urner Barry for eggs). Set-asides and preferences appear sparingly—Madison's 5% preference for Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program vendors and Texas preferences for service-disabled veteran-owned or Texas-produced goods in TDCJ bids stand out; most school RFPs carry no explicit disadvantaged-enterprise set-asides but may encourage participation. Cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts, Texas Comptroller statewide division for TDCJ) extend reach and standardize terms across regions.