UNSPSC 50303900: Kiwi fruit

The egg-shaped kiwi fruit has a furry brownish green skin and firm, translucent green flesh with edible purple-black seeds at the centre. Also called chinese gooseberry, edible fruit of the vine actinidia chinensis (family actinidiaceae). The plant is native to china and taiwan and is now grown commercially in new zealand and california.

UNSPSC 50303900 Kiwi fruit is a Class code with minimal current relevance to state and local procurement. Recent opportunities tagged under this code do not reflect kiwi fruit procurement; instead, they span broad fresh produce, grocery staples, and meal program supplies across school districts, municipalities, and social service agencies. The actual buying activity under related produce codes focuses on institutional food service—school nutrition programs, child care facilities, senior services, and correctional facilities sourcing fresh fruits and vegetables, dried produce, and comprehensive grocery items to meet federal nutrition compliance and student meal requirements.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting produce include school districts (primary), county boards of education, city purchasing departments on behalf of school systems, Head Start agencies, and cooperative purchasing consortia. Georgia school districts dominate recent activity, with multiple solicitations from Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, and Hancock County boards of education, alongside Texas districts (McAllen, Austin), Florida (Hillsborough), Connecticut (Meriden, Bridgeport), Utah (Salt Lake City), and Oregon (Central Point). The City of Bridgeport, City of San Antonio, and County of Santa Clara appear in the record as municipal/county buyers. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (72 line items spanning apples, berries, citrus, leafy greens, specialty items; due June 26, 2026), Bulloch County Schools' RFP for locally grown produce within 200 miles (24 items; due May 4, 2026), Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for specialty fruits and vegetables under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (18 elementary schools; proposals due March 11, 2026), and the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP spanning 30 Georgia school districts in two geographic areas (approximately 72 produce line items and eggs; $5.5 million estimated annual spending; due March 4, 2026). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia, with secondary activity in Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Utah, and Oregon. Most opportunities are issued as IFBs or RFPs with firm fixed pricing, cost-plus-fixed-fee structures, or index-based pricing tied to USDA market reports; Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, traceability documentation, and domestic sourcing preferences appear consistently across jurisdictions.