UNSPSC 50413803: Organic bottle gourd

The variety of organic gourds known as organic bottle gourd

UNSPSC 50413803 Organic bottle gourd is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce items — including bottle gourds but predominantly apples, bananas, carrots, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, berries, and citrus — through school district food service and child nutrition programs serving lunch and breakfast participants across elementary through secondary campuses. Issuing bodies are almost exclusively school districts and school boards, ranging from independent districts serving 6,900 to 20,000 students to county-wide systems serving 30 districts through cooperative purchasing vehicles. Recent solicitations show procurement conducted as IFB, RFP, and ITB notices with line-item bidding allowing multiple vendors per category; contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options for one to four additional one-year terms. Districts require delivery Monday through Friday between 6:00 AM and 2:30 PM, compliance with HACCP plans and food safety certifications, Buy American provisions prioritizing domestic sourcing, and general liability insurance ranging from $500,000 to $2 million. Cost-control mechanisms include firm pricing for 12 months with prospective price redetermination tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service indexes or Consumer Price Index data, typically permitting increases only after six months or upon documented market shifts exceeding 3 to 5 percent thresholds.

Activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas school districts, with secondary activity in Florida, Missouri, and other states. Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District (San Antonio) RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce with a response deadline of May 7, 2026, Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa) FFVP produce procurement with estimated annual budget of $600,000 and proposals due March 11, 2026, Bulloch County School District (Statesboro, Georgia) IFP for locally grown produce within 200 miles with May 4, 2026 deadline, and a cooperative purchasing vehicle serving 30 Georgia districts through Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two and proposals due March 4, 2026. Austin Independent School District (Texas) RFP 26RFP034 covers fresh produce and beverages with proposals due March 11, 2026, while Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia) Bid 26-34 encompasses 72 produce items with response deadline April 23, 2026. No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises appear in the solicitations reviewed; districts emphasize vendor experience (typically three to five years), references, product quality, on-time delivery, and price as primary evaluation criteria.