UNSPSC 50304000: Kumquats

Any of several small yellow to orange citrus fruits with sweet spongy rind and somewhat acid pulp that are used chiefly for preserves produced by a tree or shrub (genus fortunella) of the rue family

UNSPSC 50304000 Kumquats is a Class code that does not reflect recent state and local procurement activity. The available opportunities tagged to this code show no solicitations for kumquats or other tropical citrus fruits. Instead, the recent opportunities block contains exclusively fresh produce, grocery staples, and food service contracts across a diverse mix of issuing bodies — school districts, city and county governments, Head Start programs, and cooperative purchasing consortia. The mismatch between the code name and the actual work being procured suggests either a data tagging error in the source system or that kumquats represent an obsolete or negligible commodity within the UNSPSC framework as applied to state and local buying.

The code shows no decision-relevant activity for vendors seeking to pursue kumquat supply contracts with state and local entities. Bidders interested in fresh produce or commodity food supply to schools, child care programs, and government agencies should monitor the broader fresh produce and grocery codes instead, where the recent solicitations indicate sustained demand from school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional child care providers across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California, with contract values ranging from approximately $78,000 annually (Madison Metropolitan School District petite bananas) to $3.1 million (Meriden Public Schools commercial groceries and produce).