UNSPSC 50407107: Hurst green shaft peas

The variety of sugar peas known as hurst green shaft peas

UNSPSC 50407107 Hurst green shaft peas, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within the broader fresh-produce procurement activity that state and local governments conduct for school nutrition, corrections, and community food programs. Recent state and local solicitations show that while the specific "Hurst green shaft peas" product is not directly named in current opportunities, the code sits within the institutional fresh-vegetable purchasing stream, where school districts, state departments of criminal justice, and Head Start agencies source fresh or processed vegetables for meal service. The code's activity reflects demand for commodity vegetables as components of larger produce procurements rather than standalone line items; carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mixed fresh produce dominate the recent solicitation record, suggesting that individual pea varieties are purchased as part of comprehensive vegetable assortments rather than through single-commodity bids.

State and local procurement under related vegetable commodities spans school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, Hillsborough County, Austin ISD, Northside ISD, Rockwood R-VI, and others across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut), corrections departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and child nutrition programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas). Issuing bodies mix competitive RFPs and IFBs with response dates ranging from March through June 2026. Representative recent opportunities include the Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables (proposal due June 22, 2026), the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts (proposals due March 4, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB IW253099 and IW253121 for white potatoes and sweet potatoes for canning (due June 23, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (school districts and state operations), Texas (TDCJ, school districts, Head Start), and Florida (school nutrition programs), with secondary activity in Missouri, Connecticut, and other states. Evaluation typically weights cost at 30–50 percent, product quality and availability at 15–30 percent, delivery capability and compliance at 10–20 percent, and vendor qualifications or local-sourcing preferences at 5–15 percent. Contract terms run July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with renewal options spanning two to four additional one-year periods. Locational preferences for within-state or regional sourcing appear in school-district RFPs (200–400 mile radius preferences in Georgia, Texas-grown preference in Texas districts), and pricing models range from firm fixed-unit prices to cost-plus-percentage and USDA index-linked markup structures. No exclusive set-asides for disadvantaged vendors are named across the sample, though some districts (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Head Start of Greater Dallas) encourage or weight minority/women/small-business status.