UNSPSC 50412900: Organic chicories

The type of organic vegetable known as organic chicories

UNSPSC 50412900 Organic chicories, a Class code, does not map cleanly to the recent state and local solicitation activity tagged under it. The source records show that opportunities posted under this code involve fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs—apples, bananas, bell peppers, broccoli, carrots, leafy greens, tomatoes, eggs, and other staple fruits and vegetables delivered to school districts across multiple states. The code's nominal scope (organic chicories as a specific vegetable commodity) bears little relation to the institutional food-service purchasing actually occurring; the mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in the tagging system or drift in how the jurisdiction's procurement office applies the code to broader produce categories.

State and local buyers soliciting under this code span school districts (Early County Board of Education and Bulloch County School District in Georgia; Rockwood R-VI in Missouri; Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, and Glynn County in Georgia; Northside and Austin Independent School Districts in Texas; Salt Lake City School District in Utah; McAllen ISD in Texas; Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida), state agencies (Georgia Department of Education), and a cooperative purchasing vehicle (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). Georgia school districts dominate the recent activity, with at least eight separate solicitations from that state posted between February and May 2026. Representative opportunities include Early County Board of Education's RFP for food and non-food items (due June 8, 2026) spanning meats, dairy, vegetables, fruits, grains, and cleaning supplies for the National School Lunch Program; Northside ISD's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 127 campuses in San Antonio (due May 7, 2026); Muscogee County School District's ITB 26-017 for approximately 60 produce line items with pricing indexed to USDA Fruit and Vegetable Market News Index Price (due April 27, 2026); and the Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP SN 26-004 covering 72 produce and egg line items across 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million to $1.1 million by area (due March 4, 2026). Most solicitations use IFB or RFP notice types with response deadlines between March and June 2026. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia, with secondary activity in Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Utah. Code shows active procurement volume but poor nominal alignment with actual commodity scope.