UNSPSC 50302531: Ranier cherries

The variety of cherries known as ranier cherries

UNSPSC 50302531 Rainier cherries (Commodity) describes fresh cherry procurement for institutional food service and child nutrition programs. State and local governments are buying fresh produce—specifically fresh fruits and vegetables, with occasional specificity around cherry and banana varieties—for detention facilities, school districts, senior services, mental health centers, regional parks, and child care programs. The work is straightforward commodity supply and delivery with USDA compliance requirements, Buy American provisions where applicable, quality and temperature specifications, and transportation to multiple institutional sites. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county school boards and boards of education, cities, regional coalitions, and special-purpose districts. Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears as a repeat buyer with multiple simultaneous fresh produce solicitations at different food warehouse locations.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary representation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida. Representative current opportunities include Texas Department of Criminal Justice soliciting fresh fruit and vegetables for delivery to food warehouses in Palestine and Snyder, Texas (RFP/ITB, responses due October 19 and October 14, 2026 respectively); Madison Metropolitan School District requesting bids for petite bananas at 70–90 cases weekly for September 2026 through June 2027 ($78,000 annual estimated value, RFB due July 29, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) seeking fresh produce across 200+ line items for school nutrition delivery to three locations for the 2026–27 school year (IFB, bids due June 26, 2026); and DeSoto County School District (Mississippi) requesting fresh produce distribution across 41 school sites on a cost-plus-fixed-fee model for ten months annually (bids due June 22, 2026). School nutrition contracts commonly include Buy American requirements, HACCP plan submissions, liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $1,000,000, and pricing firm for the contract period unless escalation is supported by USDA or BLS indices.