UNSPSC 50416318: Organic red mar sweet potatoes

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

UNSPSC 50416318 Organic red mar sweet potatoes, a Commodity code, covers fresh sweet potatoes sourced under state and local government food-service procurement. School districts and state agencies procure sweet potatoes and other fresh produce through their child nutrition and general food-service operations, typically as line items within broader produce and grocery solicitations. The recent state and local opportunities show that sweet potatoes compete within comprehensive fresh-produce buys that also include apples, bananas, carrots, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, and other staples. Early County Board of Education in Georgia, for example, listed sweet potatoes at $2.00 per pound in its 2026-2027 food bid; Bulloch County School District included sweet potatoes in its Farm to School program targeting locally grown produce within 200 miles; and Muscogee County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Glynn County school districts in Georgia all solicited sweet potatoes as part of their annual produce line-item procurements. Food-service solicitations span school districts of all sizes, county boards of education, and state agencies purchasing through institutional food-service budgets. Most opportunities are issued as IFBs or RFPs with firm pricing, delivery requirements between 6:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on school days, HACCP certification and Buy American compliance mandates, and contract terms running July 1 through June 30 with renewal options.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, where at least ten school districts and county boards of education posted produce and food-service solicitations between February and May 2026, with response dates spanning March through June 2026. Representative opportunities include Bulloch County School District's Farm to School RFP (due May 4, 2026, requiring 200-mile local sourcing), Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (due June 8, 2026), Muscogee County School District's produce ITB (due April 27, 2026), and Liberty County Board of Education's IFB for produce and food products (due April 29, 2026). Texas districts also posted significant produce solicitations—Northside Independent School District in San Antonio (RFP due May 7, 2026) and Austin Independent School District (RFP due March 11, 2026)—alongside institutional procurements in Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District, bid due April 29, 2026) and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools, proposals due March 11, 2026). The code shows sustained quarterly procurement activity across school nutrition programs, with pricing and sourcing preferences varying by district but consistently emphasizing domestic products, food safety certification, and volume pricing based on market-index or cost-plus models. No set-asides for disadvantaged vendors appear in the recent solicitations reviewed.