UNSPSC 50416317: Organic red jersey sweet potatoes

The variety of organic sweet potatoes known as organic red jersey sweet potatoes

UNSPSC 50416317 Organic red jersey sweet potatoes, a Commodity code, reflects state and local procurement activity driven almost entirely by school districts supplying child nutrition programs, though the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly requesting this specific variety. Instead, school districts across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida are actively procuring fresh produce more broadly—including sweet potatoes as one line item among dozens of fresh fruits and vegetables—through RFPs, IFBs, and ITBs due between late March and late June 2026. Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) represent the repeat issuing bodies, all operating farm-to-school or child nutrition procurement programs that include sweet potatoes as commodity line items delivered weekly to multiple school sites. The scope of work across these solicitations emphasizes USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance, HACCP certification, Buy American sourcing preferences, weekly or twice-weekly delivery windows between 6:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., temperature-controlled logistics, and firm pricing structures with limited midterm escalation rights tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index documentation.

Georgia dominates recent activity with school districts in Bulloch County, Douglas County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Liberty County all actively soliciting produce inclusive of sweet potatoes for the 2026–2027 school year, alongside the State of Georgia's own fresh produce IFB #4 2027-2026 (due May 27, 2026). Texas activity centers on Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 (due May 7, 2026), Austin Independent School District RFP 26RFP034 (due March 11, 2026), and McAllen Independent School District RFP 2026-1029 (due March 6, 2026 as extended). Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools issued RFP 26039RFPDST for the federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program serving 18 elementary schools. Missouri's Rockwood R-VI School District solicited grocery items including produce for the 2026–2027 school year (due April 29, 2026). No state or local procurement opportunities in the source explicitly name organic red jersey sweet potatoes as a standalone line item, suggesting the code may be tagged infrequently or that sweet potatoes are procured under parent-level produce codes; business development attention should focus on the broader fresh produce family codes under which these institutional school nutrition solicitations cluster.