UNSPSC 50102507: Cashew nuts, in shell

A tree nut still in its shell.

UNSPSC 50102507 Cashew nuts, in shell (Commodity) describes a narrow food ingredient category that state and local governments procure primarily through bulk food service contracts for institutional feeding programs rather than as a standalone line item. Recent state and local opportunities show this code being tagged to broad grocery and food supply solicitations for school districts, health and human services facilities, and state agencies, where cashew nuts appear as one item among hundreds within comprehensive weekly or annual food orders. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Douglas County School System in Georgia) and state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois state procurement), with these entities procuring food through either master grocery term contracts or cooperative purchasing vehicles like the GEC Buying Cooperative. Work under the code comprises food ingredient sourcing and delivery for child nutrition programs, state-supported living centers, and institutional cafeteria operations, governed by firm fixed pricing, delivery scheduling windows, Buy American Act compliance, and nutritional labeling requirements.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products supplying the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million; Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 (due April 27, 2026) for a Master Grocery K-12 term contract covering weekly deliveries to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with performance from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027; Rockwood R-VI School District's procurement (due April 29, 2026) for grocery items across over 900 line items for the 2026–27 school year serving approximately 19,000 students; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 (due February 18, 2026) for food supply and distribution services with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 across 32 schools serving approximately 25,500 students. These solicitations treat ingredients like cashew nuts as subordinate items within larger commodity clusters rather than as discrete procurement targets, reflecting how state and local food service consolidates purchases through master agreements with primary and secondary vendor designations.