UNSPSC 50416217: Organic pattypan squash

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

UNSPSC 50416217 Organic pattypan squash, a Commodity code, covers fresh specialty vegetables that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition and institutional food service channels. The recent opportunities in this code show substantial activity across school districts, state purchasing offices, and county boards of education sourcing fresh produce—including squash varieties—for child nutrition programs, farm-to-school initiatives, and general school meal service. State and local buyers emphasize USDA compliance, Buy American provisions, HACCP certification, traceability documentation, and temperature-controlled delivery with strict quality and freshness standards, with pricing frequently benchmarked to USDA terminal market reports or indexed to commodity futures pricing.

Issuing bodies span large urban school districts (Austin ISD, Northside ISD in San Antonio, AISD in Texas; Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia; NISD with 83 elementary schools), mid-sized county school systems (Bulloch, Muscogee, Liberty, Glynn, Douglas, and Hillsborough Counties in Georgia; Rockwood R-VI in Missouri), and state-level procurement offices (State of Georgia purchasing fresh produce and food supplies statewide). Recent Georgia solicitations dominate the activity block: Liberty County (IFB due April 29, 2026), Glynn County (IFB 27-02 due April 14, 2026), Muscogee County (ITB 26-017 due April 27, 2026), Bulloch County (RFP due May 4, 2026), Douglas County School System (RFP SN 26-004 due March 4, 2026), and Savannah-Chatham County (Bid 26-34 due April 23, 2026), alongside opportunities from Texas (Northside ISD RFP 2026-048, McAllen ISD RFP 2026-1029, Austin ISD RFP 26RFP034), Florida (Hillsborough County FFVP RFP due March 11, 2026), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI due April 29, 2026), and Early County Schools in Georgia (due June 8, 2026). Contract values reported include approximately $600,000 annually (Hillsborough County FFVP), approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two (Douglas County cooperative), and estimated annual spending across 11,200 students in Bulloch County; pricing is typically firm for the initial contract year with adjustments tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data and subject to documentation thresholds (often 3–5% escalation gates before alternative sourcing).