UNSPSC 50436810: Dried organic batatas

The type of organic vegetable known as organic batatas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50436810 Dried organic batatas (Commodity) covers dried sweet potato and related root vegetable products that state and local governments procure for school meal programs, correctional facilities, and other institutional food service operations. The recent solicitations under this code show purchasing concentrated in K–12 school nutrition programs, with secondary demand from state corrections departments and child care food programs. School districts are the dominant issuing bodies, including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia), alongside state purchasing on behalf of the Oregon Department of Corrections and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Procurement under this code encompasses both bulk dried goods delivered to central warehouses and finished grocery items supplied directly to individual school sites. Representative recent opportunities include the Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services RFP (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027) posted March 31, 2026, with bid due April 29, 2026, soliciting over 900 grocery line items for the 2026–27 school year serving approximately 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants daily; and the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB (S2910000016233) posted March 6, 2026, with bids due March 20, 2026, for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans delivered to the Central Distribution Center in Salem.

Recent activity spans Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Oregon, and Missouri, with Georgia and Texas showing the densest concentration of school district procurements. Issuing bodies apply local-vendor preferences where enabled by state law—the City of Edinburg, Texas, CACFP RFP (RFP2026017) posted July 16, 2026, with proposals due August 4, 2026, favors vendors within Edinburg whose bids fall within 5 percent of the lowest bid under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. Oregon applies a combined 10 percent evaluation preference for goods processed entirely in Oregon and bidders headquartered in Oregon. Most school district procurements require firm fixed pricing for 12-month terms with renewal options (typically two to four additional one-year periods at the buyer's discretion), weekly or daily deliveries to multiple school sites between specified morning windows, compliance with USDA grade standards and child nutrition labeling requirements, and commercial general liability insurance ranging from $1 million to $2 million per occurrence. Contract values are not disclosed in the source, but the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026) estimates annual expenditure of approximately $4.4 million for Area One covering 18 districts and $1.1 million for Area Two covering 12 districts serving through a GEC cooperative purchasing vehicle. School districts evaluate bids primarily on lowest responsive pricing with secondary weight on vendor qualifications, experience, and service capability; corrections departments award to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder meeting specification and grade requirements.