UNSPSC 50407061: Tindora

The type of vegetable known as tindora

UNSPSC 50407061 Tindora is a Commodity code covering fresh produce items that state and local governments procure for institutional food service operations, including cafeterias, canteens, senior centers, school nutrition programs, and corrections facilities. The code encompasses fresh vegetables and fruits supplied to state agencies, county school districts, corrections departments, health and human services facilities, and municipal senior services, with recent solicitations showing procurement of individual produce items (carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, tindora) alongside mixed fresh fruit and vegetable bundles. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and health services, county and municipal school nutrition programs, county and city senior services divisions, and state-supported living centers; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and multiple Georgia school districts appear as repeat buyers in the recent record. The work being solicited includes bulk fresh produce supply to institutional kitchens with weekly or bi-weekly deliveries, ready-to-eat processed produce (cleaned, packaged, and inspected prior to delivery), seasonal local-sourced produce with traceability documentation by farm of origin, and standard commercial-grade vegetables and fruits meeting USDA specifications and food safety standards.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Illinois and Wisconsin. Recent representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting consumable foods for Lufkin State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0018082, due October 23, 2026), covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies with annual quantities from 1 to 24 cases per item; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting fresh fruit and vegetables for multiple warehouse locations and food service sites (IW267376, IW267411, IW267420, IW253121, IW253099, all with response deadlines in June and October 2026); the Dougherty County Board of Education School Nutrition Program requesting sealed bids for fresh produce across 24 school sites (bids due June 16, 2026, covering 40 produce line items with yearly usage from 25 to 1,200 units per item); the Bartow County School System in Georgia seeking local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (proposals due June 22, 2026); and Madison Metropolitan School District requesting fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for elementary students under the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026, approximately 5,900 servings weekly with locational sourcing within 400 miles of Madison and within Wisconsin). Procurement activity spans summer 2026 through fall 2026 with ongoing contract renewals extending into fiscal year 2027, reflecting steady demand for fresh produce across institutional food service operations nationwide.