UNSPSC 50416203: Organic costata romanesca squash

The variety of organic summer squashes and organic summer pumpkins known as organic costata romanesca squash

UNSPSC 50416203 Organic costata romanesca squash, a Commodity code, maps poorly to the actual produce procurement activity visible in recent state and local solicitations. The code nominally describes a single fresh vegetable variety, yet the recent opportunities posted under or near this classification span broad fresh produce portfolios — apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, and prepared produce items — procured by school districts, state agencies, and other public bodies for child nutrition programs. The mismatch suggests that state and local procurement offices are either tagging institutional fresh-produce buys with higher-level family or class codes rather than drilling to commodity-level granularity, or that the coding assignment in the source data does not align with typical procurement practice under this specific code.

The issuing-body mix is dominated by school districts and school boards across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida, with a single state-agency solicitation from Georgia and a regional cooperative purchasing vehicle (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts). Recent opportunities include the Early County Board of Education (IFB, due June 8, 2026), Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa (RFP for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, posted April 13, 2026), Northside Independent School District in San Antonio (RFP 2026-048, due May 7, 2026), the Bulloch County School District (IFP for farm-to-school local produce, due May 4, 2026), and McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce across 31 campuses, due March 6, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, and Florida, with secondary solicitation activity from Missouri. No recent activity under this specific commodity code can be confirmed; the opportunities listed reflect institutional produce procurement at higher taxonomic levels. If your firm targets school nutrition contracts or institutional food service, focus on the family or class code that captures fresh-produce family buying rather than this single-commodity designation.