UNSPSC 50304502: Ataulfo mangoes

The variety of mangoes known as ataulfo mangoes

UNSPSC 50304502 Ataulfo mangoes is a Commodity code covering fresh mangoes for institutional food service and child nutrition programs operated by state and local government agencies. State and local procurement offices are buying ataulfo mangoes as one component of broader fresh-produce solicitations serving correctional facilities, school districts, senior centers, mental health facilities, and county parks and recreation departments. The code sits within a larger institutional produce-procurement landscape where mangoes compete with dozens of other fresh-fruit line items (apples, bananas, berries, citrus, stone fruits) in multi-item RFPs and IFBs. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, state mental-health agencies, independent school districts, county school boards, county board of education nutrition programs, city parks departments, health-care coalitions, and Head Start operators. The procurement mix shows strong concentration among school nutrition programs (which dominate the solicitation volume), followed by state correctional and mental-health facilities, and emerging small-volume activity from senior-services and county recreation programs. Most recent activity reflects fiscal-year 2026–2027 school-year contracting cycles running July 2026 through June 2027, with school districts in Georgia leading the activity volume.

Recent representative solicitations show the geographic center and contracting patterns. Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued three separate fresh-produce RFQs in September and October 2026 (solicitations IW267376, IW267420, IW267411) covering ataulfo and other fresh fruits and vegetables for correctional food warehouses in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville, with response dates of October 14–19, 2026. Across Georgia, school districts—Bryan County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, and Bartow County—posted sealed-bid RFBs and RFPs for fresh produce (including mangoes as one of multiple line items) in May and June 2026 for the 2026–2027 school year, with bid deadlines of May 27–June 26, 2026. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued separate RFBs for petite bananas and fresh-fruit snacks (RFB 4162 and 4163, July 8, 2026), Illinois Department of Corrections (Joliet Treatment Center) posted a small-business-set-aside produce quote (solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, August 27, 2026), and the City of San Antonio's Department of Human Services issued an RFP for produce-market operations at senior centers (May 27, 2026). Ataulfo mangoes do not appear explicitly as a named line item in any source solicitation; rather, they are classified under this code as one potential produce SKU within institutional produce catalogs, bid schedules, and specification sheets. Most institutional buyers source mangoes as part of diversified seasonal-produce portfolios with availability and pricing tied to supply-chain and season-based constraints, limiting standalone ataulfo procurement to seasonal promotional or menu-integration windows within broader food-service contracts.