UNSPSC 50302603: Fo shoukan citrons

The variety of citrons known as fo shoukan citrons

UNSPSC 50302603 Fo shoukan citrons, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product category within state and local fresh produce procurement that sees minimal recent solicitation activity aligned with its specific scope. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly naming citrons or citron-family products; instead, the tagged opportunities span broad fresh produce categories for school nutrition programs, senior services, and correctional facilities across multiple states. The code's nominal scope—individual citron fruits—does not match the actual procurement activity, which emphasizes mixed fresh produce bundles, apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, and other staple produce items in high volume for institutional feeding programs serving children, students, and seniors. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, appearing in the vast majority of recent opportunities across Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, and California, with occasional postings from independent school districts, school nutrition cooperatives, county education boards, city departments of human services, and correctional food services. A small number of specialized procurements surface—the City of San Antonio's senior center produce-box distribution (RFP 26-070), Head Start of Greater Dallas child care meal service (IFB 26-GP), and Santa Clara County correctional facility provisions (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617)—but these remain institutional food service contexts rather than retail citron distribution.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, where school districts post recurring fresh produce bids monthly; recent activity also appears in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Oregon (Central Point School District), and California (Santa Clara County). Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce procurement (IFB #SN002-2027, bids due June 26, 2026, covering 200+ produce line items delivered to three school sites), Bartow County School System local fresh fruits and vegetables (RFP 10-2026-019, proposals due June 22, 2026, requiring sourcing within 400 miles), DeSoto County School District fresh produce distribution (bid due June 22, 2026, covering full and broken cartons with 97% service-level requirement), and the GEC Buying Cooperative fresh produce and eggs procurement across 30 Georgia school districts (RFP SN 26-004, proposals due March 4, 2026, approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending across two geographic areas). These solicitations emphasize cost-plus or firm fixed pricing, high fill rates, temperature-controlled delivery, HACCP compliance, and Buy American provisions; none isolate citrons as a line item or primary product focus. The code shows little relevant recent activity and appears misaligned with current state and local buying patterns in institutional produce distribution.