UNSPSC 50304311: Tanaka loquats

The variety of loquats known as tanaka loquats

UNSPSC 50304311 Tanaka loquats, Commodity tier, does not align with current state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a single fresh fruit variety, but no recent solicitations specifically request tanaka loquats. Instead, the recent opportunities document shows active procurement across a broad family of fresh produce — fruits, vegetables, and mixed grocery items — issued by correctional departments, school districts, county social services, municipalities, and health-care operators across multiple states. Three opportunities from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) solicit fresh fruit and vegetable supply to prison food warehouses in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville with response dates in October 2026; the Illinois Department of Corrections seeks bi-weekly produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under a one-year small-business-set-aside contract with a September 2026 deadline; and the Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center requests weekly fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply for fiscal year 2027 under small purchase procurement with an August 2026 deadline. School districts dominate the volume: Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin issued separate RFBs for petite bananas (RFB 4162, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks serving 5,900 weekly servings to elementary students (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026, with a geographic preference for Wisconsin sourcing within 400 miles); Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia seeks fresh produce for 24 school nutrition sites with bids due June 16, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicits over 200 line items of fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year with bids due June 26, 2026; Bartow County School System in Georgia requests local fresh fruits and vegetables from farms within 400 miles with proposals due June 22, 2026; Bryan County Schools in Georgia conducts a sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce including apples, bananas, berries, and specialty items with bids due May 27, 2026; DeSoto County School District in Mississippi requests fresh produce distribution across 41 school sites with bids due June 22, 2026; Early County Board of Education in Georgia seeks line-by-line bids for 300+ food items including fruits and vegetables with bids due June 8, 2026; and Madison Metropolitan School District also issued RFB 4163 for fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks with bids due July 29, 2026. Additional opportunities include the City of Edinburg, Texas, requesting CACFP meal program supplies to serve approximately 400 children ages 1–18 daily (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026); Head Start of Greater Dallas seeking bids for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products under IFB 26-GP (sealed bids due June 24, 2026, pre-bid conference April 16, 2026); Collier County Board of County Commissioners in Florida soliciting food services at North Collier Regional Park and concession facilities via ITN with a local-vendor preference (proposals due March 6, 2025); the City of San Antonio Department of Human Services requesting consulting services and produce-market operations at 15 senior center locations (RFP 26-070, due May 27, 2026); and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, seeking bids on over 1,100 grocery line items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services supporting the National School Lunch Program (electronic bids due June 30, 2026, questions due June 15, 2026).

Activity clusters in Georgia (with school districts in Hancock, Dougherty, Bartow, Bryan, and Early counties, plus Bartow County's local-farm-sourcing requirement), Texas (TDCJ food-warehouse procurement in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville; Head Start of Greater Dallas; City of Edinburg CACFP), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District's dual-RFB procurement), Illinois (Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health), Florida (Collier County), Mississippi (DeSoto County School District), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and Arizona (Marion Health Care Coalition), with school nutrition programs and correctional facilities driving the largest volume. Buy American requirements appear in over half the school district procurements, with geographic preferences (Wisconsin within-400-miles sourcing, Georgia local-farm sourcing) and set-aside designations (Illinois small business, Collier County local vendor, Bridgeport Buy American, Bartow County local sourcing) common across recent awards. The Tanaka loquat code itself — a single variety classification — sees no dedicated solicitation activity; vendors pursuing opportunities under this code should instead target broader produce-supply solicitations at the Family or Class level where school districts, correctional departments, and food-service operators are actively buying mixed fresh-fruit-and-vegetable assortments.