UNSPSC 50417018: Organic chickpeas

The variety of organic vegetable known as organic chickpeas

UNSPSC 50417018 Organic chickpeas is a Commodity code that nominally covers legume procurement, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not reflect organic chickpea purchasing. Instead, the solicitations describe broad fresh produce and food service grocery procurement by school districts, county education systems, and state agencies, with produce spanning apples, bananas, peppers, carrots, berries, citrus, leafy greens, eggs, and prepared items for child nutrition programs. School districts dominate the issuing body mix—including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), and Austin Independent School District (Texas)—with additional activity from county school nutrition cooperatives and state procurement offices. A few standout repeat buyers appear: Georgia school districts (Early County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Glynn County, and the Douglas County School System cooperative procurement across 30 districts) account for significant volume and multiple solicitations in the recent window.

Activity clusters in the Southeast and Texas. Georgia shows the heaviest concentration, with school districts in Early County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, and Glynn County all posting fresh produce RFQs or IFBs between March and May 2026, plus the state government itself issuing produce and food supply bids. Texas has Northside Independent School District (Bexar County, San Antonio) and Austin Independent School District (Travis County), McAllen Independent School District (Hidalgo County), and Missouri includes Rockwood R-VI School District (St. Louis County). Representative recent opportunities include Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (due June 8, 2026) for 300+ food items and 60 non-food products supporting the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; Northside Independent School District's fresh produce RFP (due May 7, 2026, now response date past) for USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable-compliant items delivered five days per week to 127 campuses; Hillsborough County Public Schools' Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program produce RFP (due March 11, 2026) for specialty fruits and vegetables to approximately 18 elementary schools under a cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case structure; Bulloch County School District's farm-to-school produce RFP (due May 4, 2026) for locally grown items within 200 miles; and the Douglas County School System cooperative RFP (due March 4, 2026) spanning 30 school districts across two Georgia regions with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spend. These are genuine food service commodity procurements, not organic chickpea-specific purchases, suggesting the code assignment does not align with actual buying patterns under this Commodity.