UNSPSC 50302525: Tartarian cherries

The variety of cherries known as tartarian cherries

UNSPSC 50302525 Tartarian cherries is a Commodity code that spans state and local procurement of specialty and fresh produce items for institutional food service, though the recent solicitation activity shows the code capturing a much broader range of fresh fruits, vegetables, and processed produce rather than Tartarian cherries specifically. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, followed by county boards of education, cities, Head Start programs, and cooperative purchasing consortia. Typical work solicited includes weekly or bi-weekly fresh produce supply contracts for school nutrition programs serving hundreds to thousands of students, CACFP and FFVP meal service support, institutional cafeteria supply for correctional and senior services, and specialized produce procurement for farm-to-school initiatives emphasizing local and organic sourcing. Solicitations consistently require HACCP plans, Buy American compliance, temperature-controlled delivery, traceability documentation, and integration with district ordering systems; pricing is typically cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm fixed-price, or market-index-based, with contract terms running July 1 through June 30 to align with school fiscal years and including renewal options extending up to five years.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Connecticut, with scattered opportunities in Oregon, California, and Mississippi. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Edinburg, Texas, RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal program supply (due August 4, 2026) covering beverages, paper goods, food products, and janitorial supplies for approximately 400 children daily; Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026) at an estimated annual value of $78,000; the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts (due March 4, 2026) with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million across two geographic areas; and Meriden Public Schools RFP 026-41 for commercial groceries, beverages, and produce serving 8,200 students (due February 25, 2026) with an anticipated contract value of approximately $3.1 million. Evaluation criteria typically weight cost at 30–50 percent, product quality and vendor experience at 15–25 percent, delivery and service reliability at 10–25 percent, and compliance and references at 5–15 percent. Local-vendor preferences, HUB and MBE scoring incentives, and cooperative purchasing vehicles are common; several solicitations include geographic sourcing preferences (within 50 miles, 200 miles, or 400 miles of the purchasing jurisdiction) and organic produce discounts in final price comparison.