UNSPSC 50413001: Organic bok choy

The type of organic vegetable known as organic chinese cabbages

UNSPSC 50413001 Organic bok choy, a Commodity code, nominally names a single produce line item, but state and local school nutrition programs soliciting under this code are actually buying broad fresh produce portfolios—dozens or hundreds of line items spanning apples, bananas, leafy greens, broccoli, carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes, citrus, berries, and eggs—to support National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable programs. The recent opportunities show that school districts use this code to tag comprehensive produce RFPs and IFBs even when the nominal scope is a single vegetable; the issuing bodies are almost exclusively school districts and school boards (ranging from Early County Board of Education in Georgia to Northside Independent School District in Texas to Salt Lake City School District to McAllen ISD) and county school systems participating in cooperative purchasing vehicles. A few state procurement offices (Georgia and Missouri) also solicit fresh produce broadly under related codes, but the overwhelming activity is K–12 institutional food service. One Georgia cooperative (Douglas County School System through the GEC Buying Cooperative) coordinates multi-district produce procurement across 30 school systems in two geographic areas with estimated annual spending exceeding $5 million.

The geographic concentration is striking: Georgia dominates recent activity with at least nine separate school districts and county systems posting produce RFPs and IFBs between February and May 2026 (Liberty County, Bulloch County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, Early County, and the GEC cooperative spanning 30 districts). Texas districts (Northside ISD in San Antonio, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD) and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District) also solicited materially. Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District (RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce, due May 7, 2026, evaluating on purchase price, extent of goods meeting needs, quality, total long-term cost, reputation, and prior relationship), Early County Board of Education (line-by-line food bids due June 8, 2026, for 300+ food items under the NSLS/SBP), Hillsborough County Public Schools (RFP 26039RFPDST for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce to 18 elementary schools, cost-plus fixed-fee structure, due March 11, 2026), and Douglas County School System through GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts in two areas, approximately $4.4 million Area One and $1.1 million Area Two, due March 4, 2026). Most solicitations enforce Buy American preferences, HACCP/food-safety compliance, temperature-controlled delivery, firm pricing for 12 months with redetermination only after documented USDA or CPI changes, domestic sourcing preference where cost and quality are equal, and award to lowest responsive and responsible bidder on a line-item basis allowing multiple vendors per category.