UNSPSC 50301626: Jumbo cot apricots

The variety of apricots known as jumbo cot apricots

UNSPSC 50301626 Jumbo cot apricots is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitation activity, does not map meaningfully to what is actually being procured. The available opportunities tagged under this code are requests for fresh fruits and vegetables broadly — whole apricots, bananas, mixed produce, and vegetable snacks — issued by correctional facilities, school districts, county senior services, regional health coalitions, and food-service providers. The code's nominal scope (jumbo apricot cotyledon or processing derivatives) does not align with the institutional fresh-produce procurement activity appearing in the records. Vendors pursuing this code should verify that responses to actual RFPs and IFBs are tagged correctly at intake; opportunities here span multiple commodity classifications (fresh apricots proper, fresh bananas, mixed fresh produce, processed snacks) and are unlikely to cluster coherently under a single jumbo-apricot-specific code.

Recent activity originates from school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia, Bryan County Schools in Georgia, DeSoto County School District in Mississippi, Early County Board of Education in Georgia), correctional and mental health agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice at multiple food warehouses, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), regional health and food-service entities (Collier County Parks in Florida, Head Start of Greater Dallas in Texas, Marion Health Care Coalition, Bartow County School System in Georgia, City of San Antonio Senior Services), and municipal bodies (City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, City of Edinburg in Texas). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple concurrent solicitations for fresh produce delivery (IW267376 Palestine facility due October 19, IW267420 Snyder Food Warehouse due October 14, IW267411 Wynne Food Warehouse due October 14, all via the TDCJ Procurement Portal). Representative school district RFBs include Madison Metropolitan School District's request for petite bananas (RFB 4162, 70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, 5,900 weekly servings, due July 29, 2026, contingent on federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grant approval). Activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi), the Midwest (Illinois, Wisconsin), and Texas, with secondary representation in Connecticut and ongoing procurement throughout the year spanning seasonal school-year cycles and year-round institutional foodservice operations.