UNSPSC 50303205: London gooseberries

The variety of gooseberries known as london gooseberries

UNSPSC 50303205 London gooseberries is a Commodity code that sits at the intersection of fresh fruit procurement for state and local child nutrition and senior services programs, though recent activity shows the code applied primarily to broader fresh produce and grocery solicitations rather than to London gooseberries specifically. State and local buyers are using this code to source fresh fruits, vegetables, and related food products for school nutrition programs (National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program), child care food programs (CACFP), senior center meal services, and correctional facility food services. The actual work being bought includes weekly or daily delivery of fresh produce in bulk cases to multiple school sites, central warehouses, or specialized facilities, with strict compliance to USDA nutritional standards, Buy American provisions (typically 51% domestic agricultural content for processed items), HACCP food safety plans, traceability documentation, and temperature-controlled transport. Issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through high school serving thousands of students), county boards of education, city school systems, independent school districts in Texas and elsewhere, child care consortiums, senior services departments, and correction facilities. Recent solicitations show state departments (Georgia) and large urban and suburban districts (Austin ISD, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Madison Metropolitan School District, Meriden Public Schools) as active procurers, alongside smaller county systems and regional cooperatives.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County, Bartow County, and the GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 districts statewide), with significant recent solicitation volume also in Texas (Edinburg, McAllen, Austin school districts), Florida (Hillsborough County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Connecticut (Meriden), Oregon (Central Point), Mississippi (DeSoto County), and California (Santa Clara County). Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's RFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items (including fresh produce) due June 30, 2026, emphasizing USDA compliance and nutritional standards; the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly at $78,000 annual value) due July 29, 2026; Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages to 18 elementary schools participating in the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, with an estimated budget of $600,000 and proposals due March 11, 2026; and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 covering 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across fresh produce and eggs, proposals due March 4, 2026. Evaluation criteria across solicitations heavily weight cost (30–50 points), product quality and freshness (15–25 points), delivery reliability and service capability (15–25 points), and vendor qualifications and experience (10–20 points). Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 aligned to school fiscal years, with pricing firm for initial 60–90-day periods and escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data. Insurance requirements typically mandate general liability of $500,000 to $2 million per occurrence and workers' compensation at statutory rates. Set-asides vary—some solicitations mention small-business and minority-owned-business preferences without mandatory set-asides, while others (particularly USDA-funded programs) allow diverse-owned-business status points in scoring but do not restrict competition.