UNSPSC 50413204: Organic wintercress

The variety of organic cresses known as organic wintercress

UNSPSC 50413204 Organic wintercress is a Commodity code that nominally covers a single produce item, yet state and local procurement activity under the code does not reflect purchase of wintercress itself. Instead, school districts and state agencies are soliciting fresh produce broadly—fruits, vegetables, eggs, and related food-service items—under this classification and related produce codes. The work being solicited encompasses weekly or standing deliveries of fresh produce to school nutrition programs, child nutrition initiatives, and farm-to-school procurement, with vendors required to meet USDA food safety standards, maintain HACCP plans, provide temperature-controlled transport, and comply with Buy American provisions and domestic sourcing preferences. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and boards of education, ranging from individual districts serving under 20,000 students to large cooperative purchasing vehicles aggregating 30 school districts. Repeat buyers include Georgia school districts (Savannah-Chatham, Liberty County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, Early County, Douglas County through the GEC Buying Cooperative, and Bulloch County), Texas districts (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD), and state procurement offices in Georgia seeking produce for state operations.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas. Representative solicitations include the Early County Board of Education IFB for food and produce supporting the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (due June 8, 2026), Liberty County Board of Education IFB for produce and food products (due April 29, 2026), Douglas County School System RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million in Area One (due March 4, 2026), Austin Independent School District RFP for fresh produce and a la carte beverages (due March 11, 2026), and Northside Independent School District (San Antonio) RFP for fresh produce with evaluation weighted 35% to price and 25% to extent of goods meeting district needs (due May 7, 2026). The Hillsborough County Public Schools USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program procurement (Commodity code mismatch aside) targets nine elementary schools with specialty fruits and vegetables on a cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case model with estimated annual budget of $600,000. Contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options, prices generally firm for at least 12 months or subject to adjustment based on USDA market reports or Consumer Price Index data, and awards made to lowest responsive and responsible bidders on line-item or single-vendor bases.