UNSPSC 50304503: Criollo mangoes

The variety of mangoes known as criollo mangoes

UNSPSC 50304503 Criollo mangoes is a Commodity code that captures fresh produce procurement for institutional food service, though recent state and local activity under this code spans a much broader range of fresh fruits and vegetables than the code name alone suggests. State and local procurement officers are buying fresh produce — individual commodity items and mixed baskets of fruits, vegetables, and complementary food products — for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, child care programs, and regional parks. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county boards of education and county commissioners, city school districts, city departments of human services, and smaller entities like Head Start organizations and regional health coalitions. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh produce solicitations in recent months, establishing itself as a repeat buyer under this code; school districts in Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Illinois, and Connecticut have similarly active procurement patterns. Work being solicited ranges from single-commodity contracts (petite bananas for Madison Metropolitan School District under RFB 4162, estimated at $78,000 annually) to multi-line-item produce baskets (over 200 line items of fresh produce for Hancock County Board of Education) to bundled grocery procurement including produce as one component (over 1,100 line items for Bridgeport Board of Education).

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast — Georgia, Florida, Mississippi — and the Upper Midwest, with secondary activity in Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued at least three fresh produce solicitations in September and October 2026 for delivery to food warehouses and facilities across the state (IW267376 for Palestine, due October 19, 2026; IW267420 for Snyder, due October 14, 2026; IW267411 for Wynne/Huntsville, due October 14, 2026), all using RFP or RFQ notice types through the TDCJ Procurement Portal. Georgia school districts have been particularly active, with Hancock County Board of Education (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education (bids due June 16, 2026), Bartow County School System (RFP 10-2026-019, due June 22, 2026), Bryan County School Nutrition (sealed bids due May 27, 2026), and Early County Board of Education (bids due June 8, 2026) all posting fresh produce solicitations. School districts commonly apply Buy American provisions, require HACCP plans, impose domestic-sourcing or local-vendor preferences (Madison Metropolitan School District's fresh fruit and vegetable snacks RFB 4163 requires sourcing within 400 miles and within Wisconsin; Bartow County requires local farms within 400 miles), and weight evaluation toward cost (typically 30–40%), product quality and compliance, and vendor qualifications. Collier County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) for food services at North Collier Regional Park with a local-vendor preference worth 10 evaluation points (due March 6, 2025). Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health have posted small-purchase and standard procurement fresh produce solicitations (Illinois DOC solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for Joliet Treatment Center, due September 3, 2026; Illinois DMH solicitation 27444DHSMENTHB53608 for Madden Mental Health Center, due August 14, 2026).