UNSPSC 50303903: Blake kiwi fruit

The variety of kiwi fruit known as blake kiwi fruit

UNSPSC 50303903 Blake kiwi fruit is a Commodity code with minimal recent relevant state and local procurement activity. The code nominally identifies a specific produce item, yet the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting Blake kiwi fruit. Instead, the opportunities span a broad range of fresh produce procurement by school districts, counties, and child nutrition programs across multiple states, with kiwis appearing incidentally as one line item among dozens in larger multi-produce RFPs and IFBs. State and local buying under this code occurs primarily through school nutrition programs (including National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, CACFP, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program contracts), county food service operations, and early childhood care agencies. Issuing bodies include independent school districts, county boards of education, municipal purchasing departments on behalf of school systems, and regional buying cooperatives. Recent opportunities show activity across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Wisconsin, California, Utah, Oregon, and Massachusetts, with concentrated activity in school nutrition procurement in the Southeast and Southwest.

Representative recent solicitations include the Bulloch County Board of Education's RFP for locally grown produce (IFP, May 2026, with proposals due May 4, 2026), the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 Georgia districts (RFP, February 2026, proposals due March 4, 2026 at $5.5 million estimated annual spend), and the Austin Independent School District's RFP for fresh produce and a la carte beverages (RFP 26RFP034, February 2026, proposals due March 11, 2026). These procurements typically require cost-plus or fixed-price bidding, 98–97 percent fill rates, weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to multiple school sites, HACCP plan compliance, liability insurance ranging from $500,000 to $2 million aggregate, and adherence to Buy American provisions. The code shows no standout repeat buyers across the source block—activity is distributed across numerous school districts—and no examples explicitly name Blake kiwis as a primary procurement focus, suggesting the code may see only incidental purchasing within larger produce commodity contracts.