UNSPSC 50303700: Guavas

The type of fruit known as guavas

UNSPSC 50303700 Guavas, a Class code, covers the supply and delivery of fresh produce — specifically guavas and other fresh fruits and vegetables — to state and local institutions including correctional facilities, mental health centers, schools, senior centers, and food-service operations. State and local buyers under this code include correctional departments, school nutrition programs, county parks departments, mental health and human services agencies, and special-purpose districts. The work involves sourcing, packaging, and delivering fresh produce to meet institutional food-service requirements, often with compliance obligations around food safety (HACCP plans, USDA standards, traceability documentation), temperature control, quality standards, and Buy American content thresholds where applicable. Many solicitations impose geographic sourcing preferences — for example, produce sourced within 400 miles of the buying location — and several include local-vendor preference scoring or pricing adjustments favoring regional suppliers.

Recent activity under this code centers on Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, and Michigan. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations for facility food warehouses (Palestine, Snyder, and Wynne locations) with response dates in October 2026. School districts dominate the procurement volume: Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) requested bids for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks; Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bartow County, Early County, and Bryan County school systems (Georgia) all solicited fresh produce for the 2026–2027 school year; the Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center and Illinois Department of Corrections solicited produce under small-purchase and one-year contract vehicles. Outside schools, the Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) issued an Invitation to Negotiate for food services at a regional park concession operation; the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) sought grocery items including produce for its school board; Head Start of Greater Dallas (Texas) and the City of Edinburg (Texas) sought produce and food items for child nutrition programs; and the City of San Antonio (Texas) sought produce market operating services for senior centers. DeSoto County School District (Mississippi) and Bartow County Schools (Georgia) explicitly prioritized local and regional sourcing, with contracts running July through June fiscal years. Prevailing-wage requirements and small-business set-asides appear in Illinois and select other jurisdictions; cooperative purchasing vehicle eligibility and minority/woman-owned business enterprise scoring appear in multiple recent solicitations.