UNSPSC 50300000: Fresh fruits

UNSPSC 50300000 Fresh fruits, a Family code, encompasses supply and delivery of fresh produce—including whole fruits, pre-packaged fruit snacks, processed berry products, and ready-to-eat cut fruit—to state and local food-service operations, correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, mental health facilities, and child-care programs. State and local buyers under this code include school districts (the dominant purchasing segment), state corrections departments, county departments of education, municipal school boards, county and regional mental health systems, cities' senior services divisions, child-nutrition nonprofits, and independent health-care coalitions. Recent solicitations show school nutrition programs conducting the bulk of active procurement, with Texas Department of Criminal Justice also conducting repeated facility-based fresh-produce contracts and specialized buyers such as the Utah State Board of Education establishing cooperative contracts for local producers to serve school districts statewide.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast and South, with recent solicitations from Georgia (Bryan County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Bartow County School System), Texas (TDCJ Palestine, TDCJ Snyder and Wynne warehouses, City of Edinburg CACFP, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and Mississippi (DeSoto County School District), alongside solicitations in the Midwest (Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin; Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet facility; Illinois Department of Mental Health Madden Mental Health Center), New England (City of Bristol Connecticut Board of Education; Bridgeport Connecticut Board of Education; Hartford Connecticut Community Renewal Team), and West (Utah State Board of Education, Ventura County California, Cook County Illinois). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to Palestine with a deadline of October 19, 2026; Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (approximately 5,900 weekly servings, deadline July 29, 2026, sourced within Wisconsin and 400 miles of Madison); DeSoto County School District's sealed bid for fresh produce distribution across 41 sites with a June 22, 2026 deadline requiring weekly deliveries and a 97 percent service level; and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 produce line items with a June 26, 2026 deadline. School districts frequently embed local-sourcing requirements, Buy American compliance, HACCP plans, and preference discounts for organic or diverse-owned vendors into evaluation criteria.