UNSPSC 50417010: Organic batatas

The type of organic vegetable known as organic batatas

UNSPSC 50417010 Organic batatas (Commodity) spans fresh produce procurement for state and local institutional food service, though recent activity shows the code capturing a much broader fresh-produce buying pattern than the narrowly specified commodity name suggests. School districts, county boards of education, and independent school districts are the primary issuing bodies, soliciting fresh produce and related food items for child nutrition programs through RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notices. The work ranges from individual produce line items (apples, bananas, carrots, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, eggs) to comprehensive food-service contracts covering over 900 grocery line items including snacks, grains, dairy, beverages, and condiments. Vendors must meet USDA food-safety standards including HACCP plan certification, Buy American provisions requiring domestic products or 51% domestic content for processed items, and detailed compliance certifications (debarment, lobbying, E-Verify authorization). School districts emphasize product quality, freshness standards (minimum 5–10 day shelf life typical), on-time delivery (often early morning, Monday–Friday), and increasingly favor local or regional sourcing, whole-grain specifications, low-sodium formulations, and products free of artificial additives. Contract structures typically run July through June school fiscal years with optional renewals; pricing is often firm for 12 months with adjustment mechanisms tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index data after specified review dates. Insurance requirements commonly include $1–2 million general liability and compliance with Buy American, civil rights, and food safety mandates.

Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Texas school districts. Georgia solicitations include Bulloch County School District (IFP, due May 4, 2026, for locally grown produce within 200 miles), Early County Board of Education (IFB, due June 8, 2026, for 300+ food items supporting the National School Lunch Program), Liberty County Board of Education (IFB, due April 29, 2026, for produce across 13 sites), Muscogee County School District (ITB 26-017, due April 27, 2026, for 60 produce line items), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Bid 26-34, due April 23, 2026, for 72 fresh-produce items across 60 sites), Glynn County Board of Education (IFB 27-02, due April 14, 2026, for produce to 16 locations), and Douglas County School System (RFP SN 26-004 through GEC Buying Cooperative, due March 4, 2026, for $4.4–1.1 million across 30 districts in two areas). Texas solicitations include Northside Independent School District in San Antonio (RFP 2026-048, due May 7, 2026, for fresh produce across all campuses), McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029, due March 6, 2026, extended by addendum, for produce across 31 campuses serving 20,000 students), and Austin Independent School District (RFP 26RFP034, due March 11, 2026, for fresh produce and a la carte beverages). Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida (RFP 26039RFPDST, due March 11, 2026, for specialty fruits and vegetables in the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program at $600,000 estimated annual budget), Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri (due April 29, 2026, for 900+ grocery line items), and the State of Georgia (IFB for fresh produce, due May 27, 2026) round out regional representation. The Georgia state solicitation (PE68504NONST2026000000006) and the food, supplies, and kitchen products bid (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026) suggest state-level institutional purchasing alongside school-district activity. Opportunities are steady through spring 2026, with most contracts commencing July 1, 2026.