UNSPSC 50302501: Amarelle cherries

The variety of cherries known as amarelle cherries

UNSPSC 50302501 Amarelle cherries, a Commodity code, covers the procurement and delivery of fresh cherries—and more broadly, fresh fruits and vegetables—to state and local institutional foodservice operations. State and local governments buy under this code primarily through correctional facilities, mental health institutions, school districts, and social-service agencies operating child-care and senior-services programs. Recent solicitations show demand concentrated in produce distribution contracts that combine fresh fruits and vegetables into larger procurement bundles rather than cherry-specific awards; individual commodity solicitations are uncommon, making the code best understood as part of a broader institutional fresh-produce category.

Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county and independent school districts, municipal parks and recreation departments, senior-services divisions, and community-action agencies. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh-produce RFQs recently, including solicitations IW267376 (Palestine facility, due October 19, 2026) and IW267420 and IW267411 (for food warehouses in Snyder and Huntsville, due October 14, 2026), establishing Texas as a current high-activity jurisdiction. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix: Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued RFBs 4162 and 4163 in July 2026 for petite bananas and fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks; Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) and Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) both solicited fresh produce in June 2026; Bartow County School System (Georgia) sought local fresh fruits and vegetables through RFP 10-2026-019 (due June 22, 2026); and Early County Board of Education (Georgia) issued a comprehensive food-and-nonfood bid in May 2026. Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center posted a small-purchase RFQ for fresh fruits and vegetables (due August 14, 2026), and Illinois Department of Corrections solicited fresh-produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (due September 3, 2026) under small-business set-aside. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Florida. Recent opportunities also include the City of San Antonio's senior-services produce-market operation (RFP 26-070, due May 27, 2026), the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's 1,100+ line-item grocery procurement (due June 30, 2026), Collier County's North Collier Regional Park food concessions (ITN, due March 6, 2025), and Head Start of Greater Dallas grocery procurement (IFB 26-GP, estimated value $969,460.94, due June 24, 2026). Pricing structures vary from fixed-fee service models to cost-plus arrangements; delivery frequency is typically weekly or bi-weekly with strict temperature and quality controls; and Buy American, HACCP, and prevailing-wage compliance are standard across school-lunch and correctional foodservice contracts.