UNSPSC 50413416: Organic short tom eggplants

The variety of organic eggplants known as organic short tom eggplants

UNSPSC 50413416 Organic short tom eggplants (Commodity) does not reflect the actual procurement activity state and local governments are conducting under this code. Recent solicitations tagged to this Commodity code span broad institutional food service categories — fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs, child nutrition services, and state food supply — rather than specialty eggplant sourcing. The mismatch suggests either misclassification at the issuing-body level or that this Commodity code serves as a catch-all placeholder for fresh produce line items within larger food service RFPs and IFBs.

School districts dominate recent activity, with solicitations from Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch 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), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), alongside state-level procurements by the State of Georgia and institutional buyers through cooperative vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative (30 Georgia districts). Most solicitations are issued as RFPs or IFBs with response deadlines between early and mid-2026. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Missouri and Florida. Northside ISD's RFP 2026-048 (due May 7, 2026) seeks fresh produce meeting USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable standards for delivery to 127 campuses five days weekly; Bulloch County's IFP (due May 4, 2026) specifies 24 locally-grown produce items within 200 miles; and the Douglas County School System RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026) covers approximately 72 produce line items across 30 Georgia districts with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million combined. Pricing is typically firm for the contract period with annual adjustments tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index documentation, delivery windows are consistently early morning (6:00 to 7:30 a.m.) to mid-afternoon (2:00 to 3:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday, and vendors must hold HACCP certification, carry $1 million to $2 million general liability insurance, comply with Buy American provisions, and meet E-Verify requirements.