UNSPSC 50303002: Yellow dragonfruit

The variety of dragonfruit known as yellow dragonfruit

UNSPSC 50303002 Yellow dragonfruit is a Commodity code covering fresh produce supply and delivery to institutional food-service operations, though recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not isolate yellow dragonfruit or any single specialty fruit. Instead, solicitations tagged under or near this code request broad fresh-produce baskets—including conventional produce (apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, peppers, broccoli) and occasional specialty items (mangoes, papayas, starfruit, kiwis)—delivered to schools, correctional facilities, mental-health centers, senior centers, and child-care programs. School districts dominate the activity, issuing sealed-bid IFBs with firm fixed pricing and multi-month contract terms tied to school-year calendars (typically July through June). Corrections and mental-health departments issue smaller RFQ and small-purchase solicitations. These buyers emphasize volume commitments (hundreds to tens of thousands of weekly servings), stringent quality and food-safety requirements, domestic sourcing preferences under Buy American provisions, and tight delivery windows measured in hours. Several jurisdictions impose local-vendor preferences or minority-business-enterprise scoring. The code shows substantial and consistent activity across state and local procurement.

Recent opportunities span Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Florida. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued two simultaneous fresh-fruit-and-vegetable RFQs in September 2026 (IW267420 and IW267411, responses due October 14, 2026) and one in October (IW267376, responses due October 19, 2026) for facility food warehouses. The Illinois Department of Corrections sought fresh-produce quotes to Joliet Treatment Center (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026) with bi-weekly delivery and small-business set-aside, while Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center issued a small-purchase RFQ for weekly fruit-and-vegetable deliveries (27444DHSMENTHB53608, due August 14, 2026). Multiple Georgia school districts—Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Early County, and Bartow County—released sealed-bid fresh-produce solicitations throughout May and June 2026 with bids due late June and contract terms running July 2026 through June 2027. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued two RFBs in July 2026 for petite bananas (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026, estimated annual value $78,000) and fresh-fruit-and-vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026, with locational preference for vendors within 400 miles of Madison). City of Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) solicited grocery items (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) covering 1,100+ line items; City of Edinburg (Texas) released an RFP for CACFP meal program supplies (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) for 400 children daily; and Head Start of Greater Dallas sought primary, secondary, and tertiary grocery suppliers (IFB 26-GP, sealed bids due June 24, 2026, estimated value $969,460.94 across five years). Collier County (Florida) Parks and Recreation Division issued an ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (ITN 258360, proposals due March 6, 2025) with a 10-point local-vendor preference. Activity is brisk and geographically distributed, with school districts accounting for the majority of recent postings.