UNSPSC 50415905: Organic golden gourmet shallots

The variety of organic shallots known as organic golden gourmet shallots

UNSPSC 50415905 Organic golden gourmet shallots, a Commodity code, shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this code instead encompass broad fresh produce, grocery items, and child nutrition program supplies spanning multiple produce categories, protein items, and non-food supplies—not the specialty or single-item procurement that the code name suggests.

State and local school districts dominate solicitations in this code dataset, including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia); state-level procurement also appears through the State of Georgia. School nutrition programs and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program support drive the majority of demand. Issuances span RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs, with response dates from late February through early June 2026. Recent opportunities show strong activity in Georgia and Texas, with scattered activity in Florida and Missouri. Representative procurements include Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 127 campus locations across San Antonio (response due May 7, 2026), Early County Board of Education's line-item food bid encompassing 300+ food items and 60 non-food supplies supporting the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs (response due June 8, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts in two Georgia regions with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million and $1.1 million per area (response due March 4, 2026). Vendors pursuing these opportunities must demonstrate HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, general liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million), and typically three to five years' experience with institutional food service. The mismatch between the code's narrow definition (organic golden gourmet shallots) and the actual procurement scope (broad fresh produce sourcing for institutional meal programs) suggests the code assignment reflects inadequate taxonomy alignment rather than viable market demand for specialty shallot procurement at the state and local level.