UNSPSC 50413600: Organic fennels

The variety of organic vegetable known as organic fennels

UNSPSC 50413600 Organic fennels, a Class code, represents state and local procurement of fresh produce for institutional food service, though the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly tagged to organic fennels as a distinct line item. Instead, the code appears broadly applied to fresh produce procurement across school nutrition programs, where state and local issuing bodies solicit mixed fresh fruit and vegetable offerings that may include fennels as one among dozens of commodity lines. The work being solicited ranges from single-vegetable contracts to comprehensive produce packages spanning 60–72 line items per solicitation, with bidders typically required to deliver weekly or multiple times weekly to school campuses, maintain HACCP certification and food safety documentation, comply with Buy American provisions, and price competitively against USDA terminal market reports or fixed-fee models. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and school boards, often purchasing through cooperative vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative, and occasionally including state agencies and county boards of education. School nutrition programs dominate the activity, reflecting the code's heavy use in child nutrition procurement across public K–12 systems.

Geographic spread of recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Missouri, Utah, and Florida. Georgia shows the highest frequency, with solicitations from the State of Georgia, Early County Board of Education, Bulloch County School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Glynn County Board of Education, and Douglas County School System all posting between February and May 2026. Texas activity includes Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, RFP 2026-048 due May 7, 2026), McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029 extended to March 6, 2026), and Austin Independent School District (RFP 26RFP034 due March 11, 2026). Representative recent opportunities include Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (due June 8, 2026) spanning 300+ food items with emphasis on domestic sourcing and whole-grain compliance; Northside Independent School District's fresh produce RFP (due May 7, 2026) with five-day-per-week delivery to 127 campuses and evaluation weighted 35% to price; Hillsborough County Public Schools' USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program contract (due March 11, 2026) with estimated annual budget of $600,000 for specialty produce delivery to elementary schools; and Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP (due March 4, 2026) spanning 30 school districts across two Georgia geographic areas with approximately $5.5 million combined estimated annual spending. Solicitation types include ITB, IFB, and RFP formats, with response deadlines concentrated in March through June 2026.