UNSPSC 50415700: Organic rutabagas

The type of organic vegetable known as organic rutabagas

UNSPSC 50415700 Organic rutabagas is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single produce item, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show little alignment with organic rutabagas specifically. Instead, the opportunities span comprehensive fresh-produce procurement for school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and child nutrition initiatives across multiple states. State and local governments are soliciting contracts for the supply and delivery of broad produce categories—apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, peppers, tomatoes, eggs, and prepared produce items—rather than specialized or organic single-commodity purchases. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and school nutrition programs, including independent school districts, county boards of education, and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative. Repeat activity centers on child nutrition procurement through the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, with vendors expected to deliver weekly or twice-weekly across multiple school sites, maintain HACCP and food safety compliance, and meet Buy American domestic-sourcing requirements and USDA food safety standards.

The geographic spread spans Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Utah, and Florida, with the heaviest recent concentration in Georgia school districts (Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, and Douglas County cooperatives). Representative recent opportunities include the Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 37 campuses due May 7, 2026; the Early County Board of Education (Georgia) line-by-line food bid including 300+ items due June 8, 2026; the Bulloch County School District (Georgia) IFP for locally-grown produce within 200 miles due May 4, 2026; Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) RFP 26039RFPDST for specialty fruits and vegetables under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with an estimated annual budget of $600,000 and a March 11, 2026 deadline; and the Douglas County School System (Georgia) RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 school districts across two areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million and $1.1 million respectively, proposals due March 4, 2026. The code itself does not map cleanly to the actual procurement activity; organic rutabagas as a single-item commodity sees no discrete solicitation in the recent record.