UNSPSC 50302520: Geans/guines cherries

The variety of cherries known as geans/guines cherries

UNSPSC 50302520 Geans/guines cherries is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce — primarily individual fruit and vegetable line items for institutional food service — under this code's parent family and related commodity codes, though recent opportunities show minimal direct activity specific to the cherry line item itself. What procurement actually occurs under the broader produce codes reflects cafeteria supply for school districts, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services programs, and child and adult care food programs. Scope varies from single-item procurements (petite bananas at Madison Metropolitan School District; fresh cherries at specific volumes and ripeness stages) to comprehensive multi-line-item bids spanning dozens of produce varieties with detailed specifications on pack size, delivery temperature, quality standards, and farm traceability. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state departments — Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health, and numerous county and independent school districts — with occasional municipal, county, or nonprofit participation (City of San Antonio senior services, Collier County parks and recreation, Head Start of Greater Dallas). Vendors routinely face Buy American requirements, HACCP certification mandates, prevailing-wage compliance, insurance obligations ($500,000 to $1 million general liability minimums typical), and commodity-delivery standards including temperature maintenance, 97–98 percent fill rates, and farm-of-origin traceability documentation.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois, with secondary activity in Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh-fruit-and-vegetable bids to food warehouses in Palestine and Snyder (RFP/RFQ notices, October 2026 deadlines); Madison Metropolitan School District's petite-banana RFB (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 annual value, September 2026–June 2027 contract); the Illinois Department of Corrections' fresh-produce IFB for Joliet Treatment Center (bi-weekly deliver, small-business set-aside, September 2026 deadline); multiple Georgia school-district produce bids (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Early County) with local-sourcing preferences and June–July 2026 bid windows; and Collier County's ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (three-year term with two one-year renewals, 10-point local-vendor preference, March 2025 deadline). School nutrition procurement dominates the volume, driven by National School Lunch Program and CACFP compliance requirements, with contract terms typically running July through June and renewal options extending to three additional years.