UNSPSC 50407050: Purslane

The type of vegetable known as purslane

UNSPSC 50407050 Purslane is a Commodity code that captures fresh produce procurement in state and local food service operations, particularly in school nutrition programs and institutional cafeterias. Recent opportunities show that the code maps to broader fresh produce buys—not purslane specifically—where school districts, state criminal justice departments, and other public bodies source vegetables and fruits for meal service. Work solicited under this code ranges from individual commodity purchases (carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes) by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to comprehensive multi-item produce contracts by school nutrition programs across multiple sites, with emphasis on farm-of-origin documentation, local sourcing within defined radius limits (typically 200–400 miles), traceability, GAP certification, HACCP compliance, and temperature-controlled delivery to school locations or institutional warehouses.

Issuing bodies include state criminal justice departments, state purchasing offices, county and school district nutrition programs, and city school systems. School districts dominate recent activity—Madison Metropolitan, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Bulloch County, Northside Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), SCCPSS (Georgia), Muscogee County, McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut)—alongside institutional buyers including Head Start of Greater Dallas and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Geographic spread is heaviest in Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County cooperative), Texas (TDCJ bulk vegetable procurements; McAllen ISD; Northside ISD; Austin ISD), and Florida (Hillsborough County), with secondary activity in Connecticut and Missouri. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) seeking approximately 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison and within Wisconsin, with 5% preference for Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program–certified vendors and organic produce priced at $0.20 per pound discount; Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 (posted May 21, 2026, due June 22, 2026) for local fresh fruits and vegetables from farms within 400 miles with seasonal variety and monthly availability documentation; and Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFPDST (posted April 13, 2026, due March 11, 2026) for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery to approximately 18 elementary schools, requiring pre-cut, pre-packaged 50-unit cases with minimum seven-day shelf life, delivered Mondays and Tuesdays, cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case structure, estimated budget $600,000 annually. Contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30 with one to four one-year renewal options; pricing structures emphasize cost-plus, firm fixed per-unit rates, or USDA market-index-based markups; and evaluation weights cost heavily (30–50 points) alongside quality, geographic preference, local sourcing, and compliance documentation.