UNSPSC 50416314: Organic okinawan sweet potatoes

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

UNSPSC 50416314 Organic okinawan sweet potatoes, Commodity tier, does not reflect the actual scope of recent state and local procurement activity. The recent solicitations under this code show that state and local agencies are buying fresh produce broadly — primarily apples, bananas, berries, carrots, celery, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, leafy greens, citrus fruits, broccoli, and eggs — for school nutrition programs, rather than Okinawan sweet potatoes specifically. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with state education agencies and cooperative purchasing vehicles (the GEC Buying Cooperative) also active. The work solicited is predominantly fresh-produce supply for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program operations, along with specialized programs such as the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Representative recent opportunities include the Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (RFP, due June 8, 2026, scope includes 300+ food items with emphasis on whole grains and low-sodium formulations), Northside Independent School District in Texas's fresh-produce RFP (RFP 2026-048, due May 7, 2026, serving 127 school campuses across San Antonio), and the Douglas County School System's produce-and-eggs procurement through the GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026, serving 30 districts across two Georgia regions with estimated annual spend of $5.5 million).

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, with secondary clusters in Texas and Florida. Georgia school districts and county boards of education appear most frequently in the opportunity record — Liberty County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Bulloch County School District, and the statewide GEC cooperative all solicited produce within the March–June 2026 window. Texas school districts including Northside (San Antonio), Austin ISD, and McAllen ISD also solicited fresh produce during the same period. Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida solicited specialty produce for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (RFP 26039RFPDST, due March 11, 2026, estimated annual budget $600,000). Missouri's Rockwood R-VI School District also solicited grocery items including produce (IFB, due April 29, 2026). The code shows material procurement velocity across school-nutrition contexts, but the commodity name does not align with the buying pattern; the underlying work is institutional fresh-produce distribution at scale, not a narrow focus on Okinawan sweet potatoes.