UNSPSC 50304520: Parvin mangoes

The variety of mangoes known as parvin mangoes

UNSPSC 50304520 Parvin mangoes is a Commodity code that captures fresh mango procurement by state and local food service programs, primarily school districts and child nutrition agencies serving K–12 students and early childhood populations. While the code nominally designates a single produce variety, state and local buying under this category reflects broader fresh produce procurement where mangoes appear as line items within comprehensive fruit-and-vegetable RFPs and IFBs. Recent opportunities show mangoes specified alongside apples, bananas, berries, citrus, and peppers in full-scope school nutrition food service contracts; the actual procurement activity is institutional fresh-produce supply for meal programs, not a mango-specific market. State and local buyers include school districts (elementary through high school), school nutrition cooperatives, Head Start and child care food programs, and a handful of city and county food service departments. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with multiple Georgia school systems (Bryan County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County, Liberty County, Dougherty County, Henry County), Texas independent school districts (McAllen, Austin), Florida systems (Hillsborough County), Connecticut city schools (Meriden), and school districts in Wisconsin, Oregon, and Mississippi all posting produce solicitations. A few non-school entities appear: Head Start of Greater Dallas, the City of Edinburg's CACFP food program, and the City of San Antonio's senior services division. No single buyer dominates; activity is dispersed across a large number of small to mid-sized institutional food services.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in the Southeast and South, with Georgia alone accounting for at least 12 recent solicitations across multiple school districts, followed by Texas (McAllen, Austin, Dallas Head Start, Edinburg), Florida (Hillsborough County), and Mississippi (DeSoto County). Midwest and West activity is lighter but present (Wisconsin, Oregon, Connecticut, California). Representative recent opportunities include Bryan County Schools' sealed bid for fresh produce (May 27, 2026, IFB deadline), Bulloch County's local produce RFP emphasizing farm-to-school sourcing within 200 miles (May 4, 2026, RFP deadline), McAllen ISD's multi-vendor RFP for fresh produce across 31 campuses (March 6, 2026, RFP with addenda), and the GEC Buying Cooperative's statewide Georgia procurement covering 30 districts in two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million (March 4, 2026, RFP deadline). Mangoes are typically priced as unit items within these broader produce line-item bids; Bryan County's specification sheet, for example, lists mangoes among 60+ produce line items with estimated case quantities, and Bulloch County's local produce RFP includes mangoes as one of 24 items available seasonally from local farms. Most solicitations use sealed-bid or RFP formats with delivery requirements of weekly to daily service, Buy American compliance mandates, HACCP plans, and cost-plus or firm fixed-price structures. School nutrition programs dominate procurement volume and frequency, creating a steady but fragmented market where mango supply success depends on vendor capacity to integrate mangoes into comprehensive fresh-produce distribution networks serving institutional meal programs year-round.