UNSPSC 50416306: Organic goldensweet sweet potatoes

The variety of organic sweet potatoes known as organic goldensweet sweet potatoes

UNSPSC 50416306 Organic goldensweet sweet potatoes — a Commodity code — describes fresh, organically certified sweet potato varieties that state and local governments procure almost exclusively for school nutrition programs serving K-12 students across breakfast, lunch, and snack service. Sweet potatoes appear as line items within larger fresh-produce solicitations issued by school districts, sometimes as individual bulk items (cases or per-pound pricing) and occasionally within farm-to-school programs emphasizing local or regionally grown produce. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education purchasing for child nutrition services, with occasional state agency involvement in broader food-supply procurement. Recent opportunities show sweet potatoes tagged under this code in multi-item produce RFPs and IFBs issued by Bulloch County Schools (which names sweet potatoes at $2.00 per pound in its Farm to School program RFP due May 4, 2026), Douglas County Schools (consolidated procurement for 30 Georgia districts via GEC Buying Cooperative, RFP due March 4, 2026), Liberty County Board of Education (IFB due April 29, 2026), and other Georgia school systems, suggesting the code activity clusters in school nutrition procurement across the state.

Georgia dominates recent activity under this code, with multiple IFBs and RFPs posted in March and April 2026 by school districts in Glynn, Muscogee, Liberty, Bulloch, and Douglas Counties and by cooperative purchasing vehicles serving regional school systems. Texas school districts including Northside Independent School District (RFP due May 7, 2026) and Austin ISD (RFP 26RFP034 due March 11, 2026) also solicit fresh produce line items, though sweet potatoes are not always itemized separately in those notices. Florida's Hillsborough County Schools (FFVP proposal due March 11, 2026 for specialty fruits and vegetables) and Missouri's Rockwood School District (grocery items solicitation due April 29, 2026) round out the geographic spread, though activity is thinnest outside Georgia. Sweet potato procurement is seasonal and tied to school-year budgets (July 1 – June 30 contract cycles), with pricing commonly based on USDA market reports, fixed fees per case or pound, or cost-plus models. Bidders face firm pricing requirements over 12-month periods with documented justification required for mid-term increases, HACCP and food-safety compliance mandates, domestic-sourcing preferences under Buy American provisions, and delivery schedules anchored to school operating hours (typically 6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. weekdays).