UNSPSC 50304400: Mandarin oranges or tangerines

A small spiny orange tree of (citrus reticulata) southeastern asia with yellow to reddish orange loose-rinded fruits, among them fruits with deep orange skin and pulp called tangerines

UNSPSC 50304400 Mandarin oranges or tangerines is a Class code that captures citrus fruit sourcing for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and senior services across multiple state and local jurisdictions. Recent solicitations show state and local governments procuring mandarin oranges and tangerines as line items within broader fresh produce contracts that also include apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, and other commodity fruits and vegetables. The code reflects institutional food service demand driven by federal child nutrition programs (National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program) and senior meal programs. Issuing bodies span school districts of varying sizes, county boards of education, city school systems, Head Start programs, and municipal senior services divisions. School districts dominate the activity, ranging from small rural districts to large metro systems like Austin ISD, Hillsborough County Public Schools, and Meriden Public Schools. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts statewide), Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, City of Edinburg), and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), with additional recent activity in Connecticut, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Oregon.

Representative recent solicitations include the City of Edinburg's RFP 2026-017 (posted July 16, 2026, due August 4, 2026) for a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service soliciting food products including fresh fruits for approximately 400 children daily; Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) for petite bananas with an estimated contract value of $78,000; and the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP SN 26-004 (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026) covering fresh produce and eggs for 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. Most solicitations use IFB or RFP format with firm fixed pricing, cost-plus-fixed-fee models, or indexed pricing tied to USDA Terminal Market reports. Buy American provisions requiring domestic agricultural commodities or 51 percent domestic content are standard. Vendors typically must carry $500,000 to $2,000,000 in general liability insurance, maintain HACCP plans, comply with debarment and E-Verify requirements, and deliver weekly to multiple school or service locations. School districts routinely allow award to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis and reserve renewal options extending three to five years total. No set-asides specific to this code are evident in recent opportunities, though districts emphasize diverse-owned business participation and, in some cases (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD), geographic preference for Texas-grown or locally sourced produce when cost and quality are equal.