UNSPSC 50411900: Organic beets

The type of organic vegetable known as organic beets

UNSPSC 50411900 Organic beets, Class code, describes the sourcing and delivery of fresh produce—including organic and conventional fruits, vegetables, and eggs—to support school nutrition programs and institutional food service operations. State and local governments procuring under this code are primarily school districts and boards of education serving student populations across elementary, middle, and high school campuses. These districts solicit through RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notices on annual or multi-year cycles tied to fiscal-year food service budgets. Representative recent solicitations include the Early County Board of Education's FY27 Food Bid (IFB, due June 8, 2026) covering approximately 300 food items and non-food products for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs across three schools; Northside Independent School District in San Antonio's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to all campuses five days per week (response deadline May 7, 2026); and the Hillsborough County Public Schools FFVP procurement (RFP 26039RFPDST) supplying fresh, specialty fruits and vegetables to approximately 18 elementary school sites participating in the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (response deadline March 11, 2026). Vendors typically supply produce on weekly or twice-weekly delivery schedules during school-year periods, with pricing anchored to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or terminal wholesale market indices. Compliance requirements are substantial: HACCP certification, Buy American provisions, general liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million minimum), debarment certifications, E-Verify authorization, and food safety documentation including recall procedures are standard.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Missouri, Utah, and other states. Georgia school districts—including Bulloch County (IFB due May 4, 2026), Liberty County (IFB due April 29, 2026), Muscogee County (ITB due April 27, 2026), Glynn County (IFB due April 14, 2026), and Savannah-Chatham County (Bid 26-34 due April 23, 2026)—represent the heaviest recent volume. Texas districts are pursuing similar procurements: McAllen ISD (RFP 2026-1029 due March 6, 2026) and Austin ISD (RFP 26RFP034 due March 11, 2026). A cooperative purchasing vehicle—the GEC Buying Cooperative—issued a multi-district RFP (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) covering 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across two geographic areas. School districts emphasize domestic sourcing, whole-grain compliance, low-sodium formulations, and products free of artificial additives. Farm-to-school initiatives and local-produce preferences appear in Bulloch County's 200-mile sourcing requirement and McAllen ISD's 50-mile geographic preference. Most contracts are awarded on a line-item basis, allowing multiple vendors to supply different product categories, and include renewal options for up to three or four additional one-year terms. No incumbent vendors are identified across recent solicitations, and set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises are not prominently featured, indicating open competitive procurement in this code.