UNSPSC 50436502: Dried organic golden ball turnips

The variety of organic turnips known as organic golden ball turnips that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50436502 Dried organic golden ball turnips is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single dried vegetable product, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little direct relevance to dried turnips specifically. Instead, the tagged opportunities span broad food-service procurement across institutional meal programs, school nutrition services, and correctional facility food supply—encompassing fresh produce, dried beans, groceries, and multi-category food and supplies. The recent solicitations reveal that dried commodity codes are sometimes applied to aggregated food-service contracts that include but are not limited to specific dried items. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), a state corrections department (Oregon Department of Corrections), state agencies (Illinois and Georgia), and municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). School districts dominate recent activity, reflecting sustained institutional demand for consolidated food-service supplier relationships that bundle dry goods, fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and supplies under single or multi-vendor contracts.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast, particularly Georgia, with secondary activity in Texas, Oregon, Virginia, Illinois, and Missouri. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 ITB for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans due March 20, 2026 (with a prior award at $0.43 per pound and a combined 10% Oregon-source evaluation preference); Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 Master Grocery K-12 IFB (IFB 2000004323) for grocery product supply and delivery to 45 schools and distribution kitchens due April 27, 2026; and the Douglas County School System's February 2026 RFP for fresh produce and eggs across a 30-district cooperative buying group, due February 18, 2026, with estimated spend of $4.4 million for Area One. The Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) solicited over 900 grocery-item line items for child nutrition services due April 29, 2026 via electronic NUTRIKIDS submission. School nutrition procurements typically require firm-fixed pricing for 12 months, multiple weekly deliveries Monday through Friday, compliance with USDA and Buy American Act standards, general liability insurance of $1 million to $2 million, and demonstrated experience of three to five years in public school food service. No specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear across the recent opportunities; however, some solicitations (notably Oregon) apply geographic preferences for in-state fabrication or residency. Activity is current and regular, with most solicitations issued between January and July 2026 and reflecting annual or multi-year contract renewal cycles aligned to school calendar years.