UNSPSC 50202427: Tangerine concentrate

A condensed liquid form of the tangerine fruit which has had the majority of its base component, primarily water, removed.

UNSPSC 50202427 Tangerine concentrate is a Commodity code, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it do not reflect procurement of tangerine concentrate or any citrus juice concentrate. Instead, the opportunities show food service procurement across multiple categories — shelf-stable grocery items, school meals, snacks, beverages, and dairy — with juice appearing only as one line item among dozens in institutional food contracts. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual recent activity suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a data-quality issue in the source. Issuing bodies pursuing these opportunities span county boards of education, state health and human services commissions, city school districts, state departments of education, county boards of commissioners, and county public schools across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and Illinois. Representatives include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia), Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Pinellas County School District (Florida), Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), and Burke County Public Schools (Georgia). The work being solicited is primarily school nutrition and institutional food service supply — multi-category food procurement contracts that include beverages among dozens of other products rather than juice concentrate as a standalone commodity.

Activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, and Florida, with additional opportunities in Connecticut and Illinois. Representative recent solicitations include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 (informal written quote for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items with October 19, 2026 response date), Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017418 for dairy products and juices statewide (response due July 15, 2026), Pinellas County School District's sealed-bid procurement for milk, dairy, and juice products spanning 117 facilities on a two-year contract with June 11, 2026 bid closing, and Burke County Public Schools' comprehensive grocery procurement across five schools for the 2026-2027 school year with June 5, 2026 bid due date. School nutrition contracts typically mandate Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), HACCP plans, firm fixed pricing for initial periods with subsequent adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index or USDA agricultural indices, delivery to multiple school sites, and compliance with federal meal-pattern standards. The code shows ongoing activity but reflects institutional food service bundling rather than tangerine concentrate as a distinct procurement line.