UNSPSC 50416419: Organic shirley tomatoes

The variety of organic tomates known as organic shirley tomatoes

UNSPSC 50416419 Organic shirley tomatoes, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual procurement activity captured in recent state and local opportunities. The code's nominal scope—a single produce item—bears no relation to the comprehensive, multi-item fresh produce solicitations being issued by school districts, county boards of education, and state agencies across the Southeast and Texas. School nutrition programs are the primary buyers under this code's recent activity, and they procure broad produce assortments (apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, greens, eggs, and dozens of other items) bundled into annual contracts rather than single-commodity purchases. The work is standard institutional food service procurement: vendors source, warehouse, and deliver fresh produce weekly or twice weekly to multiple school sites, comply with USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable standards and Buy American provisions, maintain HACCP certifications and food safety documentation, and carry $1 million to $2 million in general liability insurance. Contract terms run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options spanning three to five additional years. Pricing is typically firm for the initial contract year, with prospective price adjustments thereafter tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service terminal market reports or Consumer Price Index data, and cost increases exceeding 3–5 percent may trigger alternate sourcing by the district.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix: Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), and Douglas County School System (Georgia, serving 30 districts via cooperative). The State of Georgia has also solicited produce procurement and general food supplies. Georgia and Texas account for the overwhelming majority of recent activity—nine of seventeen opportunities originate in Georgia, four in Texas, one in Missouri, and one in Florida. Representative recent opportunities include Early County Board of Education's RFQ for line-by-line food and produce bids due June 8, 2026; Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce due May 7, 2026 (replacing an expiring 2024 contract); Bulloch County School District's IFP for locally-grown produce due May 4, 2026; and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million (Area One) and $1.1 million (Area Two) and proposals due March 4, 2026. This code shows substantial, recurring institutional procurement activity but does not support a tomato-specific niche; vendors must offer full produce assortments to compete.