UNSPSC 50304515: Manila mangoes

The variety of mangoes known as manila mangoes

UNSPSC 50304515 Manila mangoes (Commodity) appears rarely in current state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a single tropical fruit variety, yet the recent solicitation block shows no direct procurement of manila mangoes. Instead, state and local buyers are sourcing fresh produce through broader categorical purchases—fresh fruit and vegetable programs, school nutrition contracts, and child care food service buys—in which mangoes may appear as one line item among dozens or hundreds. When mangoes do surface in recent solicitations, they are listed alongside apples, bananas, citrus, berries, and other produce under blanket fresh-produce or grocery-items codes, not under this commodity-specific designation. The issuing bodies pursuing fresh produce include school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County Schools, Liberty County, Glynn County, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD), early-education and child-care agencies (City of Edinburg CACFP program, Head Start of Greater Dallas), counties (DeSoto County, Bartow County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Muscogee County), and specialty procurement cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia districts). Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction—some emphasize small, minority, or women-owned businesses; others apply local-vendor or domestic-sourcing preferences under Buy American provisions; a few districts (Bartow County, Bulloch County) explicitly prioritize local farms within 200–400 miles.

Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, GEC Buying Cooperative), Texas (City of Edinburg, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD), and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), with additional solicitations in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), Mississippi (DeSoto County), Oregon (Central Point School District), and California (Santa Clara County). Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 (petite bananas, July 29, 2026 deadline) and RFB 4163 (fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, July 29, 2026 deadline) exemplify the volume and specificity typical of institutional produce buying; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB #SN002-2027 (fresh produce, June 26, 2026 deadline) names mangoes explicitly among 200+ line items alongside apples, berries, melons, and leafy greens. The commodity code itself—focused narrowly on one fruit variety—does not align well with how state and local procurement offices actually structure produce buys. Vendors pursuing opportunities under this code should monitor broader fresh-produce and grocery-items solicitations where mangoes appear as component items rather than the primary procurement object.