PRODUCE Q2 FY2026 MENU SPECS.pdf
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This document is a Q2 FY2026 Menu Specifications (Menu Specs) document detailing specific fresh produce requirements for an institutional procurement. The document lists 17 line items of fresh produce, including eggs, fruits, and vegetables, with precise quality specifications, preferred packaging, and estimated quarterly quantities. Key specifications include grade standards (such as U.S. No. 1 or U.S. Fancy), size requirements, condition expectations (firm, fresh, free from damage/decay), and preferred case or bag sizes. Quantities range from 12 cases of eggs to 780 cases of bananas, with most vegetable line items requiring between 24-480 cases per quarter. The document emphasizes that quantities are estimated and may vary, and that vendors must strictly adhere to the specified national menu specifications without substitutions, with products acceptable from the United States, Canada, or other countries if distributed in the United States.
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Q2 FY2026 MENU SPECS
LINE ITEM CATEGORY ITEM DESCRIPTION UNT QTY PRICE PER TOTAL VENDOR
PRO1 EGGS Eggs, Shell, Whole, Fresh, U.S. Grade A, Medium, 30 Dozen per case CS 12 PRO2 FRESH FRUIT Fresh Fruit, Bananas, Yellowish to Yellow with Green Tips (Index 3 - 5). Minimum 1 1/8" diameter, Minimum 5.5" long, 40 lb case
CS 780
PRO3 FRESH FRUIT FRUIT, WHOLE FRESH, FRESHEST AVAILABLE. NO APPLES; NO CITRUS.
***PLEASE STATE ITEM AND CASE SIZE ON BID. *** ROUND AND BID TO
THE NEAREST APPROX. CASE COUNT 125.
CS 540
PRO4 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Cabbage, U.S. No. 1 Green, Large (3 pounds or over), Heads of cabbage of one variety or similar varietal characteristics, which are of reasonable solidity, and are not withered, puffy, or burst and which are free from soft rot, seed stems, and from damage caused by discoloration, freezing, disease, insects or mechanical or other means. 50 LB BAGS PREFFERED
BGS 155
PRO5 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Carrots, Ready to Use, Unpeeled, Whole (1” – 2 ½” in diameter not less than 5” in length). (CID A-A-20191D, Type II, Style A). Whole Carrots shall meet the requirements of the U.S. Standard for Grades of Topped Carrots. 50 LB BAGS
BGS 36
PRO6 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Celery, U.S. Extra No. 1 or U.S. No. 1. Stalks of celery of similar varietal characteristics which are fairly well developed, fairly well formed, well-trimmed, fairly compact, and which are free from blackheart and soft rot and free from damage caused by freezing, growth cracks, horizontal cracks, pithy branches, seed stems, suckers, dirt, doubles, wilting, blight, other disease, insects or mechanical or other means. Stalks shall be green unless specified as fairly well blanched, or mixed blanch.
Outer whorl of branches shall be not less than 6 inches. Stalks shall be of such length as to extend from one side, end or bottom of the container to within 1-1/2 inches of the corresponding opposite side, end or top of the container. 40 LB CASE
CS 36
PRO7 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Cilantro (Coriander, Coriander Leaves, or Chinese Parsley), Herb.
Medium green color. 10 LB CASE PREFERRED
CS 36
PRO8 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Cucumbers, U.S. Fancy, U.S. Extra No. 1, U.S. No. 1 Large. At a minimum, cucumbers which are fairly well colored, fairly well formed, not overgrown, and which are fresh, firm, and free from decay, sunscald and from damage caused by scars, yellowing, sunburn, dirt or other foreign materials, freezing, mosaic or other disease, insects, cuts, bruises, mechanical or other means. Large Cucumbers minimum diameter shall be not less than 2 ½” and 6” in length. 50LB CASE PREFERRED.
CS 72
Please note that quantities are estimated and weekly requirements may vary slightly from listed quantities dependent upon the needs of the institution. Sufficient notice will be provided to the vendor regarding changes to listed quantities.
Failure to comply with the National Menu Specifications will result in your quoted item not being considered for award. No specification substitutions will be accepted. If a specification does NOT state it must be a product of the United States or Canada, it is acceptable for it to be a "product of" a Foreign Country and distributed in the United States.
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PRO9 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Lettuce, Green Leaf, Whole head, trimmed, Ready to Use, Conventional or Organic. U.S. Fancy or U.S. No. 1. Heads of lettuce shall meet the following requirements: Similar varietal characteristics; Fresh; Green; not soft, not burst, free from decay, doubles and not damaged by any other cause. Each head shall be fairly well trimmed. (CID A-A-20316A, Type of Leafy Green IX, Style 1, Purpose ii, Agricultural practice A or B). 20 LB CASE PREFERRED
CS 120
PRO10 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Lettuce, Salad Mix, Iceberg or Blends, Chopped Leafy Greens, Ready to Eat, Conventional or Organic. U.S. Fancy or U.S. No. 1. (CID A-A-20316A, Type of Leafy Green IX, Blend A or B, Style 4, Chop Size A, Purpose i, Agricultural practice A or B. Salad mixes will be packaged using modified atmosphere packaging to enhance shelf life and to retard browning. Nitrogen flush, vacuum, or partial vacuum may be used to drive out excess air. Note type of salad mix and package size on bid.
Salad Mix Options:
1. Bag of chopped iceberg lettuce, shredded red cabbage and shredded carrots (in separate bags from lettuce). ), Lettuce shall have bright green color and shall be free from odors such as chlorine, ammonia, musty/moldy, sour, and fermented smells and other odors not typical of fresh lettuce. The lettuce and cabbage shall be crisp, firm, not wilted, flabby, or tough. 20 LB CASES PREFERRED
CS 480
PRO11 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Onions, Bulbs, SPANISH, WHITE UTILITY, OR RED. (CID A-A- 20193C, Type I, II, or III, Color A or B, Style 1, Agricultural Practice A or B). Onions are mature, firm, single bulb, fairly well-shaped and free from splits. Onions shall be a U.S.
No. 2 or better Grade of U. S. Standards for Grades of Bermuda-Granex-Grano Type Onions, U.S Standards for Grade of Creole Onions or U.S. Standards for Grade of Onions (Other Than Bermuda-Granex-Grano and Creole types). 50 LB BAGS
PREFERRED.
BGS 216
PRO12 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Peppers, Sweet, No. 1. GREEN. Minimum of mature green sweet peppers of similar varietal characteristics which are firm, fairly well shaped, and free from sunscald and decay affecting calyxes and/or walls, decay affecting stems, and free from damage caused by freezing injury, hail, scars, sunburn, disease, insects, mechanical or other means. Each pepper shall be not less than 2-1/2 inches and the length of each pepper shall be not less than 2-1/2 inches. 25-30 LB CASES
PREFERRED.
CS 216
PRO13 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Potatoes, Sweet, U.S. Extra No. 1, U.S. No. 1, U.S. No. 1 Petite, or U.S. Commercial. Sweet potatoes of one type which are firm, fairly smooth, fairly clean, fairly well shaped, which are free from freezing injury, internal breakdown, Black Rot, other decay or wet breakdown, and free from damage caused by secondary rootlets, sprouts, cuts, bruises, scars, growth cracks, scurf, Pox (Soil Rot), or other diseases, wireworms, weevils or other insects, or other means. Diameter shall be not more than 3- 1/2 inches and not less than 1 ¾ inches. .Maximum weight shall not be more than 20 ounces. Length is not less than 3 inches or more than 9 inches. 40-50 LBS CASE/BG
PREFERRED
CS 180
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PRO14 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Potatoes, U.S. No. 1 or U.S. Commercial, Size A or Medium Size.
“Utility” Minimum 3 oz and 1 7/8 – 2 ¼” in diameter. . Similar varietal characteristics, except when designated as a mixed or specialty pack, firm, fairly clean, fairly well shaped; free from freezing, blackheart, late blight, southern bacterial wilt and ring rot and soft rot and wet breakdown. Free from serious damage caused by dirt or other foreign matter, Russet scab; and Rhizoctonia. 50 LB BAGS.
BGS 200
PRO15 FRESH VEGETABLES Fresh Vegetable, Tomatoes, U.S. No. 1. Large or Extra Large (not less than 2 ½” or more than 3”), Red or Light Red. Tomatoes will be similar varietal characteristics, mature, not overripe or soft, clean, well developed, fairly well forms, and fairly smooth, free from decay, freezing injury and sunscald, not damaged by any other cause. 25 LB
CASES PREFERRED.
CS 328
PRO16 FRESH VEGETABLES Green Onions, Fresh, Pounds, U.S. No. 1; Green onions shall be fairly well-formed, firm, young and tender, fairly clean, free from decay, and from damage caused by seed stems, roots, foreign material, disease, insects, mechanical or other means. The bulbs shall be well trimmed. The tops shall be fresh, of good green color, free from damage caused by broken or bruised leaves, or by clipping. When all the tops of the onions have been evenly clipped back in accordance with good commercial practice, they shall be specified as “Clipped Tops” in connection with the grade. The over-all length (roots excepted) of the onions shall be not more than 24 inches nor less than 8 inches and the onions shall be not less than one-fourth of an inch or more than one inch in diameter. 48
CT CASE PREFERRED.
CS 24
PRO17 FRESH VEGETABLES SPINACH, FRESH. ~20 lb Cases Preferred. CS 12
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