UNSPSC 50303105: Dottado figs

The variety of figs known as dottado figs

UNSPSC 50303105 Dottado figs (Commodity) represents fresh produce supply and delivery for institutional food service and child nutrition programs, with state and local governments buying fresh fruits and vegetables—including figs, bananas, leafy greens, root vegetables, berries, and melons—through school districts, state correctional and mental health facilities, county parks, municipalities, and Head Start centers. Recent solicitations show this code captures broader fresh produce procurement than its narrow name suggests: the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple RFQs for fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to prison food warehouses and satellite facilities, the Illinois Department of Corrections seeks bi-weekly produce deliveries to correctional treatment centers under small-business set-asides, and school districts across Georgia, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Texas are actively bidding fresh produce for National School Lunch and Child and Adult Care Food Program compliance. Issuing bodies span state prison systems and mental health departments, county and municipal school districts, independent senior services divisions, and Head Start programs; school nutrition programs emerge as the most frequent buyers, with sustained multi-year contracting cycles aligned to academic years running July through June.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Florida, with Texas and Georgia showing the densest recent solicitation activity across prison, school, and municipal systems. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice fresh fruit and vegetable procurement for the Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (IFB IW267411 and IW267420, due October 14, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections fresh produce RFQ for Joliet Treatment Center (RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026, with a small-business set-aside), Madison Metropolitan School District petite bananas and fresh fruit & vegetable snacks bids (RFB 4162 and 4163, due July 29, 2026, with weekly usage of 70–90 cases and approximately 5,900 servings weekly respectively), Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce IFB for the 2026–27 school year (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026), and Bryan County School Nutrition produce bid for 2026–2027 (due May 27, 2026). Contract values where specified range from $78,000 annually (Madison petite bananas) to $969,460.94 (Head Start of Greater Dallas grocery products across 32,409 cases), with terms typically running one year with renewal options. Buy American domestic-sourcing mandates, prevailing-wage requirements in Illinois, local-vendor preferences in Florida and Wisconsin, and CACFP or USDA nutrition compliance are standard compliance triggers; most solicitations require HACCP plans, general liability insurance ($500,000–$1,000,000), and worker's compensation coverage.