UNSPSC 50202800: Fresh tropical fruit juice or concentrate

Tropical fruit juices are made by extracting the liquid part of the fruit. Juices may contain a mixture of vegetables or fruits and will commonly retain the taste of the primary ingredient. Concentrate is a condensed liquid form of the product which has had the majority of its base component, primarily water, removed. Generally, concentrate solids do not contain pulp, seeds or rind.

UNSPSC 50202800 Fresh tropical fruit juice or concentrate, a Class code, encompasses beverages supplied to schools, county service departments, state facilities, and mental health centers through informal quotes, sealed bids, and RFPs. Recent solicitations reveal activity focused primarily on shelf-stable and refrigerated juices as components of broader food-service contracts rather than standalone tropical fruit juice procurement. The Georgia Department of Education's October 2026 RFP for Smart Snack approved beverages (including juices) to multiple school locations, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for dairy products and juices statewide (covering orange, pineapple, apple, grape, mixed fruit, and tomato varieties), and the Illinois Department of Mental Health's June 2026 small purchase for weekly juice delivery illustrate the typical demand pattern. Issuing bodies include state education departments, state health and human services agencies, school districts, county boards of education, transit authorities serving state facilities, and municipal purchasing offices. School nutrition programs and state-operated living centers represent the dominant end users. The mix skews heavily toward larger, multi-facility state procurements and school district contracts rather than single-location purchases.

Geographic concentration clusters in Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Connecticut, with activity also reported in Illinois. Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple overlapping solicitations for dairy and juice products serving state-supported living centers and hospitals across ten or more locations statewide, establishing it as a repeat high-volume buyer. Georgia's school districts (Gwinnett County, Burke County, Hancock County) and state education department have posted separate food and beverage bids. The Pinellas County School District in Florida bid a $22.5 million two-year milk, dairy, and juice contract (covering approximately 117 facilities) with commencement in August 2026. Bridgeport, Connecticut's Board of Education solicited commodity groceries and separate line-item food bids. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Comptroller's August 2026 IFB for dairy and juice scheduled deliveries across ten Texas juvenile justice facilities and schools (due August 25, 2026); Ben Hill County Schools' June 2026 food bid spanning produce, meat, dairy, and condiments (due June 15, 2026); and the City of Edinburg's August 2026 RFP for CACFP meal program items including beverages and 100% fruit juice (due August 4, 2026), with a local-vendor preference applying to bids within 5 percent of low price. Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content) apply broadly across school and state-operated facility contracts.