UNSPSC 50407070: Yuca

The type of vegetable known as yuca

UNSPSC 50407070 Yuca is a Commodity code covering fresh root vegetables and tubers supplied to state and local institutions, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code centers overwhelmingly on broader fresh produce and vegetable sourcing for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and correctional institutions rather than yuca specifically. School districts and state agencies are the primary buyers, soliciting fresh produce line items through RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs that typically include carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mixed fresh vegetables alongside broader institutional food service contracts. The work involves sourcing, quality inspection, cold-chain delivery, HACCP compliance, and farm-of-origin traceability documentation. Issuing bodies include large independent school districts (Northside ISD in San Antonio, Austin ISD, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, McAllen ISD), county school systems across Georgia (Bulloch, Bryan, Glynn, Dougherty, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas, Henry, Liberty, Muscogee), municipal school systems (Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut), a Texas Head Start provider, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the State of Georgia. Repeat institutional buyers dominate the activity—Georgia school districts post multiple fresh produce and prepared food contracts monthly, and TDCJ has issued separate IFBs for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes within the past four months.

The geographic spread is concentrated in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Florida and Connecticut. Texas procurements include TDCJ institutional food service across five warehouse regions, McAllen ISD (Rio Grande Valley), Austin ISD (Travis County), and Northside ISD (Bexar County); the State of Georgia issues procurement notices regularly through its eProcurement system for both state agency food supply and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving 30+ school districts. Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26-039 for fresh fruit and vegetable program delivery to 18 elementary schools, posted February 11, 2026, with proposals due March 11, 2026, structured as a cost-plus fixed-fee contract for pre-packaged produce serving the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB IW241979-A for 1,200 tons of carrots, posted April 7, 2026, with bids due March 17, 2026; the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across Georgia, posted February 4, 2026, with proposals due March 4, 2026 and estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across two geographic areas; and Austin ISD's RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages, posted February 14, 2026, with proposals due March 11, 2026, requiring vendors to comply with the Good Food Purchasing Program. The code shows sustained institutional demand but limited recent activity explicitly naming yuca as a line item—most procurement is for mixed produce assortments where yuca may appear as one among 40–300 line items rather than as a standalone commodity.