UNSPSC 50302510: King cherries

The variety of cherries known as king cherries

UNSPSC 50302510 King cherries is a Commodity code covering fresh fruit procurement for institutional food service, prison commissaries, school nutrition programs, and senior centers. State and local governments buying under this code are soliciting fresh produce — typically fruits and vegetables including cherries, bananas, apples, berries, and leafy greens — for delivery to correctional facilities, school districts, health and mental-health centers, municipal senior services, and child care programs. Recent activity shows school districts dominating the volume, with Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, and multiple state school boards issuing competitive procurements. The kinds of work vary from single-commodity bids (petite bananas for Madison Metropolitan School District at an estimated $78,000 annual value) to broad fresh-produce frameworks (DeSoto County School District covering 60,000+ units of mixed fruits and vegetables, Bridgeport Board of Education sourcing 1,100+ grocery line items including produce). Institutional buyers emphasize USDA compliance, Buy American provisions (51% domestic content), HACCP plans, specific ripeness stages and case counts, refrigerated delivery windows (typically early morning before 2:00 p.m.), and traceability by farm of origin where applicable.

Recent solicitation activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh-fruit-and-vegetable RFPs in October 2026 (Palestine facility, Snyder Food Warehouse, Wynne Food Warehouse) with responses due October 14–19. Madison Metropolitan School District issued RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, bids due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 servings weekly, Wisconsin-sourced, bids due July 29, 2026). Georgia school boards — Hancock County, Bartow County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, and Early County — posted produce solicitations between April and June 2026 with June deadlines. Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center sought fresh fruits and vegetables (39 line items, weekly delivery, FY27 contract, August 14, 2026 deadline). Collier County, Florida issued an ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (concessions, water park, athletic facilities, local-vendor preference, March 6, 2025 due date). No recent opportunities explicitly mention cherries by name; the code sees activity in mixed-produce frameworks and bulk fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply, but category specificity is not evident in posted solicitations.