UNSPSC 50102502: Brazil nuts, in shell

A tree nut still in its shell.

UNSPSC 50102502 Brazil nuts, in shell (Commodity) represents specialty food products that state and local governments buy primarily through school district child nutrition programs and state-supported facilities seeking to meet USDA Child Nutrition Label requirements and nutritional standards. Recent state and local solicitations under this code span school districts, state health and human services agencies, and related institutional food service operations. The specific scope of purchasing activity includes grocery and food supply contracts where Brazil nuts appear as line items within broader procurement frameworks—notably in school nutrition services, state-supported living center food supply, and institutional canteen operations. School districts including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) have issued master grocery and food supply RFPs and IFBs that encompass specialty nuts and similar products as part of comprehensive child nutrition procurement. State agencies such as the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Illinois Department of Corrections subsidiary programs procure food and consumable products through formal IFB and RFP processes where commodity-level items like Brazil nuts fit within larger food service line-item rosters.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, with Douglas County School System and the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts) and Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, with Fairfax County Public Schools), alongside Midwest representation (Missouri, Illinois) and Texas. Recent opportunities show school districts dominating the issuing-body mix, with state procurement offices for health and human services also active. Representative recent activity includes Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 (response due April 27, 2026) seeking grocery products for 45 schools plus distribution kitchens; Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items RFP (response due April 29, 2026) covering over 900 line items for approximately 7,800 daily meal participants; Douglas County School System's SN26-003 Food Supply and Distribution RFP (response due February 18, 2026) with approximately $9 million estimated annual expenditure across 32 schools; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 (response due July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center, with prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. Specialty food items including nuts typically appear as bid lines within these broader food service contracts rather than as standalone procurements, with pricing submitted as firm fixed unit rates and product compliance mandated under USDA nutritional labeling and Buy American Act standards.