UNSPSC 50407104: Darfon peas

The variety of sugar peas known as darfon peas

UNSPSC 50407104 Darfon peas, a Commodity code, covers fresh produce procurement by state and local food service programs, including school districts, county education boards, and institutional food service operations. The recent solicitations tagged to this code show that state and local governments are buying fresh produce for child nutrition programs, school cafeterias, and institutional meal service, with emphasis on USDA compliance, Food and Nutrition Service standards, and farm-to-school sourcing where feasible. Darfon peas specifically are one line item within much broader fresh produce portfolios that school districts and food service authorities source on annual or multi-year contracts. The actual purchasing activity under this code spans comprehensive fruit and vegetable procurement — apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and dozens of other items — delivered fresh and in compliance with USDA child nutrition reimbursable meal requirements, school nutrition program standards, and food safety regulations including HACCP plans and traceability.

State and local issuing bodies include school districts of all sizes (from small rural systems to large urban districts like Northside Independent School District serving 117 campuses in San Antonio and AISD in Austin), county board of education systems across Georgia, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for institutional food service, Head Start agencies, and municipal purchasing offices. Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Henry County, and Douglas County school districts), Texas (McAllen ISD, Northside ISD, Austin ISD, Hillsborough County in Florida, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, and Rockwood R-VI in Missouri), with TDCJ conducting multiple separate commodity buys for institutional canning operations. Representative solicitations include Northside ISD's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce across 117 campuses with a May 7, 2026 deadline; the Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables (within 400 miles, due June 22, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program produce (about 5,900 servings weekly, due July 29, 2026); and Douglas County Schools' RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 school districts across two Georgia areas with an estimated combined annual spend near $5.5 million and a March 4, 2026 deadline. TDCJ has issued separate IFBs for bulk carrots (IW241979, IW253079), white potatoes (IW253099), and sweet potatoes (IW253121) for institutional canning, with response dates in March and June 2026. Activity indicates sustained institutional demand across the region, with school districts and correctional food service operations as the primary drivers.