UNSPSC 50407105: Early onward peas

The variety of sugar peas known as early onward peas

UNSPSC 50407105 Early onward peas is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of fresh produce items — particularly peas and related vegetables — for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and child care operations. Recent solicitations show that state and local buyers are acquiring fresh produce in multiple forms: whole fresh items for direct distribution, pre-cut and pre-packaged ready-to-eat formats, and bulk quantities for institutional kitchen preparation. The code appears alongside broader produce procurement activity that includes apples, carrots, potatoes, and mixed fresh fruits and vegetables. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (including independent and county systems across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and other states), state departments of criminal justice procuring for institutional food service, Head Start agencies, senior services departments, and occasionally state purchasing offices acting for multiple agencies. School nutrition programs are the dominant buyer category, with contracts running annual cycles tied to academic calendars and federal child nutrition funding streams. Procurement notices show heavy emphasis on USDA compliance, Buy American sourcing, HACCP certification, and traceability documentation — particularly for school-based programs receiving federal reimbursement under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), or Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia, Texas, and Florida, with secondary activity in Missouri, Connecticut, and other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issuing an RFB on July 8, 2026, for approximately 5,900 weekly servings of fresh fruit and vegetable snacks delivered ready-to-eat with farm-of-origin traceability, bids due July 29, 2026; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing multiple IFBs in June 2026 for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes in bulk quantities for institutional canning and food service; Bartow County Schools (Georgia) requesting local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles, proposals due June 22, 2026; and Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) soliciting 40 produce line items including fresh peas and other vegetables with bids due June 16, 2026. Head Start of Greater Dallas issued IFB 26-GP in June 2026 for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat meeting CACFP standards. Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) solicited specialty fruits and vegetables for the FFVP with a proposal deadline of March 11, 2026, and estimated annual budget of $600,000. Most school district procurement emphasizes cost-plus-firm-fee or unit-price formats, geographic sourcing preferences, organic product discounts where applicable, and line-item award flexibility to accommodate multiple vendors supplying different produce categories.