UNSPSC 50202404: Lemon juice

UNSPSC 50202404 Lemon juice is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of citrus beverages and related juice products for institutional food service operations. The recent opportunities posted under this code show substantial demand from school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state health agencies, and child care providers acquiring juice as part of broader meal-service contracts. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Pinellas County Schools (Florida), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Douglas County Schools (Georgia), Burke County Schools (Georgia), Hancock County Schools (Georgia), and Rockwood School District (Missouri); state agencies including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Illinois Department of Mental Health also solicit under the code. State procurement offices in Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Illinois show the most recent activity, with Texas notably active across multiple state-level opportunities spanning institutional feeding at state hospitals and supported living centers.

Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017418 for dairy products and juices statewide, due July 15, 2026, covering refrigerated and shelf-stable juices (orange, pineapple, apple, grape, mixed fruit, and tomato juice) for delivery to 20 locations across Texas with a historical value of $1.6 million annually; the City of Edinburg's RFP 2026-017 for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal supplies, due August 4, 2026, explicitly requesting 100% fruit juice among five supply categories serving 400 children daily with a local-vendor preference under Texas law; the Pinellas County School District's solicitation 26JG021 for milk, dairy, and juice products across 117 facilities, due June 11, 2026, covering non-dairy juice products with firm fixed pricing under a two-year contract valued at approximately $22.5 million including renewals; the Illinois Department of Mental Health's small-purchase contract (26444DHSMENTHB52758) for weekly juice delivery to John J. Madden Mental Health Center, due June 5, 2026; and the City of Bridgeport's grocery procurement BNB052266, due June 30, 2026, encompassing beverages for the school district's National School Lunch Program across over 1,100 line items. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content apply consistently across school-based opportunities, and federal nutrition standards including the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act govern product specifications in education-sector procurements.