UNSPSC 50416708: Organic potato yams

The variety of organic yams known as organic potato yams

UNSPSC 50416708 Organic potato yams is a Commodity code covering fresh produce procurement by state and local governments, though recent solicitations tagged under this code reflect a broader fresh-produce and food-service contracting landscape rather than organic potatoes specifically. State and local governments use this code tier for produce purchases ranging from single-item commodity buys to comprehensive fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply contracts as part of food-service operations. Issuing bodies span county parks and recreation departments, regional health-care coalitions, state purchasing offices, and school districts. The North Collier Regional Park ITN (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, response due March 6, 2025) illustrates the food-services end of the spectrum, where concession vendors operate under performance-based contracts requiring menu variety, food-safety compliance, and customer service; the Marion Health Care Coalition RFP (response due August 21, 2026) and Early County Board of Education line-item bid (response due June 8, 2026) represent direct produce supply chains where vendors deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to institutional food-service operations on fixed schedules with quality and freshness guarantees.

Recent activity appears distributed across Florida (Collier County), Georgia (state purchasing and Early County Schools), and Marion County (health-care coalition), with school districts and county recreation departments as the principal repeat buyers in the available record. The Early County Schools solicitation, running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, is representative of institutional produce sourcing: the district sought approximately 300+ food items across categories including vegetables and fruits, with domestic sourcing preference, whole-grain and low-sodium emphasis, and firm pricing for 15 days post-award with escalation provisions tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service data. The Georgia state purchasing bid (posted May 15, 2026, response due June 22, 2026) tagged to food supplies and kitchen products suggests broader commodity bundling at the state level, though the full scope was not detailed in the available summary. Collier County's local-vendor preference (10 evaluation points for vendors meeting permanent business-address and employee-residency criteria in Collier or Lee County) signals jurisdictional procurement preferences that affect vendor positioning in regional markets.