UNSPSC 50486309: Jersey sweet potato purees

The variety of sweet potatoes known as jersey sweet potatoes which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50486309 Jersey sweet potato purees is a Commodity code covering prepared sweet potato products supplied to state and local food service operations. Recent state and local solicitations show the code capturing only incidental line items within broader food procurement campaigns rather than standalone sweet potato puree purchases; the opportunities in the source demonstrate that agencies buy sweet potato purees as a small component of multi-category food procurement covering proteins, produce, dairy, bakery items, and condiments for institutional meal programs. Issuing bodies span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Douglas County Schools, Ben Hill County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Rockwood R-VI School District, Burke County Public Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Muscogee County School District), state corrections and health departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state veterans homes (Illinois Veterans Home Quincy). School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, with several districts soliciting annual or quarterly food contracts that include sweet potato purees and other prepared starches as minor line items alongside proteins, frozen vegetables, dairy, and prepared entrees.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia, with school districts in those states issuing IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs for comprehensive food service supply in the past four months. Representative solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (April 27, 2026 due date, covering 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with annual contract from July 1, 2026), Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products IFB (May 4, 2026 extended due date, approximately 382 line items across five TDCJ warehouse regions), and Rockwood R-VI School District grocery items bid (April 29, 2026 due date, over 900 line items for 2026-27 school year). The code sees no recent standalone sweet potato puree solicitations; instead, state and local procurement activity around the commodity occurs within multi-item food service contracts where prepared sweet potato products appear as one line item among hundreds, typically priced and awarded on a cost-per-case or per-serving basis bundled with broader institutional meal supply agreements.