UNSPSC 50302523: Stella cherries

The variety of cherries known as stella cherries

UNSPSC 50302523 Stella cherries (Commodity) encompasses fresh produce supply and delivery to institutional food-service operations, though recent state and local solicitations under this code span a broader range of fresh fruits and vegetables rather than stella cherries specifically. State and local buyers are using this code to procure fresh-produce supply contracts for correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, senior centers, mental health facilities, county parks concessions, and Head Start child-care operations. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county school boards, city departments of human services, county boards of education, and regional health-care coalitions. The work involves weekly or bi-weekly delivery of specified produce items meeting USDA quality and food-safety standards, compliance with prevailing-wage and Buy American provisions where applicable, and maintenance of temperature-controlled logistics and liability insurance coverage.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple solicitations for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to food warehouses and facility locations (IW267376 to Palestine; IW267420 to Snyder; IW267411 to Wynne, all with October 2026 response dates). School districts in Georgia—including Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bartow County School System, and Early County Board of Education—are bidding fresh-produce contracts for the 2026-2027 school year with response dates between May and June 2026. The Illinois Department of Mental Health and Illinois Department of Corrections issued small-purchase procurements for fresh-produce supply (due August 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin solicited bids for petite bananas and fresh-fruit-and-vegetable snacks (RFB 4162 and RFB 4163, July 2026). The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, sought grocery items including produce (June 2026); Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc., issued an IFB for frozen foods and produce totaling $969,460.94; and the City of San Antonio's Senior Services Division posted an RFP for produce-market operations at 15 senior center sites (May 2026). DeSoto County School District in Mississippi requested fresh-produce distribution across 41 school sites on a cost-plus-fee basis with 97 percent service-level requirements (June 2026).