UNSPSC 50304440: Tangelos

The fruit of a hybrid between a tangerine or mandarin orange and a grapefruit

UNSPSC 50304440 Tangelos is a Commodity code. State and local governments do not procure tangelos directly under this code; instead, issuing bodies use it as a categorical tag for broader fresh-produce solicitations that span fruits, vegetables, and commodity items for institutional food service. Recent solicitations tagged to this code cover fresh fruit and vegetable supply to correctional facilities, school districts, mental health centers, senior services, and child care programs. Scope ranges from bi-weekly bulk deliveries of specified produce (onions, peppers, cucumbers, cabbage, lettuce, apples, oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, bananas, garlic, celery) to institutional food warehouses, to ready-to-eat processed and packaged fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for school children, to produce-market operations at senior center sites. Issuing bodies include Texas Department of Criminal Justice (multiple food warehouse locations), Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health, state departments of education, individual school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Early County, Bryan County, Hancock County, DeSoto County, Dougherty County in Georgia), county boards of commissioners (Collier County, Florida), and specialized entities such as Head Start programs and municipal senior services divisions. Contract terms typically run one school or fiscal year with optional renewal periods.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and Midwest, with the heaviest volume in Georgia school districts and Texas correctional facilities. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting fresh fruit and vegetable proposals for food warehouses in Palestine and Snyder (due October 19 and October 14, 2026, respectively, via RFx notices); Madison Metropolitan School District issuing competitive bids for petite bananas (estimated annual value $78,000, term September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027) and for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Wisconsin with a 5% preference on diverse-owned business status (contract September 1 through November 30, 2026 with up to two three-month extensions, contingent on federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grant funding approval); the Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center seeking weekly fresh fruit and vegetable supply through June 30, 2027 under small purchase procurement; Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) bidding over 200 line items of fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year with bids due June 26, 2026; and Head Start of Greater Dallas procuring approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products across primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers with total estimated value $969,460.94, initial one-year term plus four optional one-year renewals, pre-bid conference April 16, 2026, sealed bids due June 24, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Buy American and domestic-sourcing requirements appear frequently; some school districts apply geographic-preference bands (400 miles, Wisconsin-sourced), diverse-owned business discounts, and prevailing wage certifications.