UNSPSC 50407052: Sinquas

The type of vegetable known as sinquas

UNSPSC 50407052 Sinquas, a Commodity code, covers fresh fruit and vegetable snacks — primarily pre-packaged, ready-to-eat produce items distributed through school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food service operations. State and local governments are sourcing these items for USDA-funded nutrition initiatives including the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, with produce sourced either directly from distributors or from local farm networks within specified radii. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary demand from child care providers (Head Start), senior services (municipal departments), and correctional institutions. A significant subset of solicitations emphasize local or regional sourcing — Wisconsin within 400 miles, Georgia within 200 miles, Texas within 50 miles — reflecting Farm to School program priorities and state procurement preferences. Recent opportunities show the code is active across the Southeast (Georgia, Florida), Texas, Midwest (Missouri, Wisconsin, Connecticut), with school districts, county school boards, and special-purpose nutrition authorities as consistent repeat buyers.

Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) for approximately 5,900 weekly servings of fresh fruit and vegetable snacks within 400 miles of Madison, Wisconsin, with a 5% preference for Wisconsin-certified diverse-owned vendors and organic produce receiving a $0.20 per pound preference discount; Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFQDST (broadcast February 11, 2026, due March 11, 2026) for specialty fruits and vegetables to 18 elementary sites in Tampa, Florida under the FFVP, with a cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case contract structure and an estimated annual budget of $600,000; and Head Start of Greater Dallas' IFB 26-GP (posted June 24, 2026) for primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers of frozen foods, produce, and meat products totaling approximately $969,460.94 across CACFP-compliant items. Geographic activity is heaviest in Georgia (multiple school districts and county boards of education posting through May and June 2026), Texas (TDCJ institutional procurement and independent school districts), and Florida, with growing activity in Missouri and Connecticut school systems. Evaluation emphasis across opportunities weights cost heavily (typically 30–50 points), with substantial points allocated to local sourcing, quality, vendor qualifications, and delivery performance; many solicitations are moving to multi-award structures and explicitly prohibit third-party logistics models, requiring direct vendor supply chain control.