UNSPSC 50302530: Royal ann cherries

The variety of cherries known as royal ann cherries

UNSPSC 50302530 Royal ann cherries, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within fresh produce procurement. State and local governments buy cherries—both fresh whole fruit and processed or value-added forms—primarily through institutional food-service channels for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, and child-care operations. The work solicited under this code is embedded in larger fresh-produce or grocery-items contracts rather than cherry-specific standalone awards; recent opportunities show cherries appearing as line items within broader fresh-fruit procurements or listed within comprehensive food-supply solicitations for cafeterias, detention centers, and child nutrition programs. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, county commissioners' offices managing parks and recreation food services, and regional health coalitions. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health, and multiple Georgia school districts appear as repeat buyers of fresh produce that includes cherries as an available line item.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, Illinois, and Georgia, with secondary activity in Florida, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and California. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is soliciting fresh fruits and vegetables for multiple food warehouses serving correctional facilities—IW267420 (Snyder Food Warehouse, proposal due October 14, 2026) and IW267411 (Wynne Food Warehouse in Huntsville, also due October 14, 2026)—via RFQ through the TDCJ Procurement Portal at https://tdcj.bonfirehub.com. Illinois Department of Corrections posted RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 on August 27, 2026 (due September 3, 2026) for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside with bi-weekly deliveries and prevailing-wage requirements. Multiple Georgia school districts—Dougherty County Board of Education (sealed bid due June 16, 2026), Bartow County School System (RFP due June 22, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education (IFB due June 26, 2026), and Bryan County School Nutrition (sealed bid due May 27, 2026)—have issued fresh-produce procurements for school-year supply. Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin bid petite bananas (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026) with Wisconsin-sourcing and local-preference provisions. Collier County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued an ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (due March 6, 2025) with a local-vendor preference, and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut issued a grocery-items bid for the Board of Education covering 1,100+ line items including fresh fruits (due June 30, 2026). Code activity reflects steady institutional demand; cherry procurement competes within larger produce aggregations and is rarely a standalone solicitation.