UNSPSC 50302521: Sonata cherries

The variety of cherries known as sonata cherries

UNSPSC 50302521 Sonata cherries, a Commodity code, does not appear in the recent state and local procurement record. The source contains no opportunities soliciting specifically for Sonata cherries or the code itself. Instead, the recent opportunities indexed under fresh produce buying span broader categories—fresh fruit and vegetable procurement for school nutrition programs, child and adult care food programs, senior services, and institutional food service across school districts, counties, and specialized procurement cooperatives in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California. Representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's bid for petite bananas (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties, berries, and root vegetables (bids due June 26, 2026); and the GEC Buying Cooperative's statewide Georgia procurement for fresh produce and eggs covering 30 school districts across two geographic areas (proposals due March 4, 2026). The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and boards of education, with a smaller number of county and municipal agencies, Head Start organizations, and regional purchasing cooperatives sourcing bulk fresh produce on annual or multi-year contracts for meal service operations.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Georgia (where school districts, county boards of education, and cooperative purchasing consortia account for the majority of recent postings) and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California. Across these jurisdictions, procurement focuses on fresh produce commodities in aggregate—apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, and other staples—rather than on individual premium fruit varieties such as Sonata cherries. Pursuit of the Sonata cherry code would require identifying niche or specialty produce sourcing by institutional buyers, which the recent opportunities do not support. A business development professional evaluating this code should monitor for emerging specialty or farm-to-school initiatives that explicitly name premium cherry varieties, or confirm that Sonata cherries are regularly embedded in broader fresh produce bids that use this code as a secondary tag rather than the primary specification.