UNSPSC 50407103: Daisy peas

The variety of sugar peas known as daisy peas

UNSPSC 50407103 Daisy peas is a Commodity code that frames fresh produce procurement, though recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code actually cover a much broader range of fresh vegetables, fruits, and produce-adjacent food service items rather than daisy peas specifically. State and local governments buying under this code—or codes closely related to it in the produce family—are primarily institutional food service operations: state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies operating supported living centers and mental health facilities, county and municipal school districts, county parks departments, and health coalitions. Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Health and Human Services Commission emerge as repeat buyers, each posting multiple solicitations for fresh produce, canned vegetables, and grocery staples over the past four months. Institutional cafeteria operators and food service vendors dominate the buyer base, supplemented by school nutrition programs running child nutrition and senior services initiatives. The scope of work spans fresh fruit and vegetable supply (weekly or bi-weekly delivery), frozen and canned produce, prepared produce items, and associated food service disposables. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC's IFB for consumables and food service supplies at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due August 25, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections' fresh produce RFQ for Joliet Treatment Center (small business set-aside, due September 3, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations for warehouse locations including Snyder and Wynne facilities (due October 14, 2026).

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and Florida, with Texas showing the highest frequency—state agencies in Austin and the TDCJ posting at least six produce-related solicitations between June and October 2026. Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Early County, and Bryan County) account for a secondary wave of activity, all posting fresh produce RFPs or IFBs for school nutrition programs in May and June 2026. Illinois facilities (Joliet Treatment Center, Madden Mental Health Center) and Florida (Collier County Parks) round out the geographic spread. School districts typically weight cost at 30–40 percent, product quality and seasonal variety at 20–35 percent, and compliance at 10–20 percent, often with local-sourcing preferences (400-mile radii in Georgia and Wisconsin) and set-asides for minority, woman, and small business vendors where state law applies. Institutional buyers like TDCJ and HHSC emphasize firm fixed pricing, F.O.B. Destination delivery, compliance with USDA grades and food safety regulations, and rapid response times (delivery within 7–14 days typical). School districts running Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grants add federal compliance layers and often contingency language tied to grant approval. The competitive landscape tilts toward established food service distributors with warehouse and logistics infrastructure, though cooperative purchasing vehicles and regional preference programs create openings for smaller vendors meeting local-sourcing or diversity criteria.