UNSPSC 50411916: Organic formanova beets

The variety of organic beets known as organic formanova beets

UNSPSC 50411916 Organic formanova beets, a Commodity code, spans fresh produce procurement by state and local school districts and education agencies, though recent solicitations under this code tag show limited activity specific to beets themselves and reflect instead broad fresh-produce school nutrition spending across multiple produce categories. State and local school systems are the primary buyers—Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) all posted solicitations in the 2026 window. School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, along with state departments of agriculture and state purchasing offices seeking produce for institutional cafeterias and child nutrition reimbursable programs. Representatives include Early County Board of Education's line-by-line RFQ for 300+ food items including fresh produce, with bids due June 8, 2026; Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 47 campuses (response deadline May 7, 2026); and Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for specialty fruits and vegetables under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program serving 18 elementary schools, with bids due March 11, 2026.

Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary concentration in Missouri and Florida. Georgia school districts—Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Glynn County, and Douglas County (cooperative RFP serving 30 districts across two regions with estimated spending of $4.4 million and $1.1 million)—account for roughly half of all posted opportunities. Texas entries (Northside NISD, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD) reflect large district scale and regular commodity cycling. Produce solicitations emphasize USDA compliance, Buy American requirements, HACCP certification, fresh-from-delivery specifications, weekly or twice-weekly delivery windows (6:00 AM to 2:30 PM typical), and price indexing to USDA terminal market reports or agricultural cost indices. Contract terms run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options. The code shows no outstanding high-dollar single awards or major state-level purchasing initiatives; activity is distributed across many small-to-midsize district procurements, each typically awarded by lowest responsive bid on a line-item basis to one or multiple vendors.