UNSPSC 50302508: Fiesta bing cherries

The variety of cherries known as fiesta bing cherries

UNSPSC 50302508 Fiesta bing cherries, a Commodity code, spans fresh produce supply for institutional food service across correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, parks, and mental health facilities. State and local procurement offices are using this code to solicit fresh fruit and vegetable contracts that encompass single-variety sourcing (such as fiesta bing cherries) as line items within broader produce portfolios, though recent activity shows the code capturing institutional demand for complete fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply chains rather than specialty cherry procurement alone. Issuing bodies include state departments of correction and mental health, school districts, county parks departments, cities, and municipal health coalitions. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple RFPs for fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to food warehouses serving multiple institutional locations; the Illinois Department of Corrections and Illinois Department of Mental Health have similarly solicited bi-weekly and weekly produce delivery under small-purchase and full competitive processes. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Madison Metropolitan School District, Bartow County School System, Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Early County Board of Education, and DeSoto County School District have all posted RFBs or IFBs for fresh produce during the past six months. Procurement volumes range from weekly elementary snack servings (5,900 units through the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program) to annual institutional food-service requirements exceeding 60,000 units across multiple delivery sites.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Florida. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued two fresh fruit and vegetable RFPs (IW267376 for Palestine and IW267420 for Snyder Food Warehouse, both with October 2026 response dates) alongside a third TDCJ solicitation (IW267411) for the Wynne Food Warehouse in Huntsville, Texas, due October 14, 2026. Madison Metropolitan School District issued separate RFBs for petite bananas (annual contract value $78,000, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles and within Wisconsin (weekly demand approximately 5,900 servings, contract term September 1 through November 30, 2026 with extension options, due July 29, 2026). Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center solicited fresh fruits and vegetables for fiscal year 2027 under small-purchase procurement (due August 14, 2026), while the Illinois Department of Corrections sought bi-weekly produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside (due September 3, 2026). Georgia school systems—Bartow County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bryan County, and Early County—have issued multiple IFBs and RFPs for school-year fresh produce supply with response dates between May and June 2026. Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Florida, issued an ITN for food services including produce at North Collier Regional Park (response date March 6, 2025—appears to be a data error in the source). Buy American provisions (minimum 51% domestic content in processed produce) and prevailing-wage compliance are standard; local-vendor preferences worth 5–10 evaluation points appear regularly across school district and municipal procurements.