UNSPSC 50416206: Organic delicata squash

The variety of organic summer squashes and organic summer pumpkins known as organic delicata squash

UNSPSC 50416206 Organic delicata squash (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its scope. The code nominally describes a single produce line item—organic delicata squash—yet the recent opportunities posted under or near this classification reflect broad institutional food service procurement for school districts, county education systems, and state agencies, spanning hundreds of produce items, dairy, proteins, and prepared foods rather than a single specialty vegetable variety. State and local buyers soliciting fresh produce do so primarily through school nutrition programs (National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program), state institutional food services, and federally funded child nutrition initiatives such as the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Northside Independent School District in Texas, Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Early County Board of Education, Bulloch County School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Glynn County Board of Education in Georgia, and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida), state departments (Georgia Department of Education), county education systems (Douglas County School System in Georgia), and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts across Georgia).

Recent solicitations emphasize volume commodity procurement rather than specialty or organic varieties. The Early County Board of Education issued an RFQ for line-by-line food vendor bids covering approximately 300+ food items with response due June 8, 2026; Northside Independent School District issued RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 127 schools across the San Antonio area with proposals due May 7, 2026; the Bulloch County School District issued an IFP for 24 produce items grown within 200 miles of Statesboro, Georgia, with proposals due May 4, 2026; and the Douglas County School System posted RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering approximately 72 produce line items and eggs across two geographic areas of Georgia with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, sealed proposals due March 4, 2026. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (state-level procurement, Douglas County, Early County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County), Texas (Northside Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District), Florida (Hillsborough County), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District). No recent solicitations explicitly request organic delicata squash or single specialty squash varieties; all procurement reviewed encompasses mixed fresh-produce menus with cost-plus or lowest-responsive-bidder evaluation and Buy American, HACCP certification, and domestic-sourcing preference requirements.