UNSPSC 50416400: Organic tomatoes

The type of organic vegetable known as organic tomatoes

UNSPSC 50416400 Organic tomatoes is a Class code that sits within a broader produce and fresh-food-service procurement space, but the recent solicitations show state and local governments buying fresh produce more broadly — tomatoes among many vegetable and fruit items — rather than organic tomatoes as a standalone category. School districts dominate this code's activity, followed by state education agencies and a single state agriculture/food procurement office. Representative recent solicitations include Early County Board of Education (Georgia) seeking line-by-line food bids including produce for its National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs through an RFQ with a June 8, 2026 response date; Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) soliciting fresh produce for child nutrition via RFP 2026-048, due May 7, 2026; and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) requesting fresh fruits and vegetables for its USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program through an RFP with an original March 11, 2026 deadline. The State of Georgia has issued two parallel fresh-produce solicitations — an IFB for fresh produce (due May 27, 2026) and a general food-supplies RFP (due June 22, 2026) — indicating state-level demand alongside district-level activity.

The geographic footprint spans the Southeast heavily, with Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County) accounting for the densest cluster of recent opportunities; activity also appears in Texas (Northside, McAllen, Austin independent school districts), Florida (Hillsborough County), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Utah (Salt Lake City School District), and appears sporadic elsewhere. The scope of work across these solicitations emphasizes volume delivery to school campuses — weekly or multiple-per-week deliveries to 10+ school sites per contract, with strict timing windows (typically 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM), temperature control, HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, and compliance with USDA food-safety and whole-grain standards. Contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 with annual or multi-year renewal options. No recent solicitations explicitly specify organic certification as a procurement requirement or evaluation criterion; preference language focuses on domestic sourcing, local production (within 50–200 miles where noted), whole-grain compliance, and naturally sourced products free of artificial additives or high-fructose corn syrup. This code shows no distinctive organic market signal in current state and local procurement.