UNSPSC 50304524: Tommy atkins mangoes

The variety of mangoes known as tommy atkins mangoes

UNSPSC 50304524 Tommy atkins mangoes is a Commodity code capturing fresh tropical mango procurement in state and local food service—primarily school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and corrections departments sourcing specific produce varieties for child and adult meal programs. The recent solicitation activity shows these jurisdictions buying mangoes as part of broader fresh-produce contracts, typically blended into comprehensive weekly or monthly produce orders meeting USDA, CACFP, and school nutrition compliance standards rather than as standalone line items. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary procurement from child care providers, senior services divisions, and county corrections departments. When mangoes appear in recent bids, they are specified alongside apples, bananas, berries, peppers, tomatoes, and seasonal citrus in standardized case packs with ripeness and size tolerances drawn from produce-industry grading systems; sourcing preferences favor domestic or regional supply where practicable under Buy American provisions, though import origin is negotiated on a case-by-case basis depending on seasonal availability and cost competitiveness. School districts issue the highest volume of solicitations under this code tier, with notable recent activity from Georgia school systems (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham), Texas school districts (McAllen, Austin), Florida (Hillsborough County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), and Connecticut (Meriden), alongside child nutrition programs in Texas (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP) and single-county corrections departments.

Recent representative solicitations include McAllen Independent School District's RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce across 31 campuses due March 6, 2026, specifying mangos among 40+ line items with firm pricing and weekly delivery to central kitchen and campus sites; Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFPDST for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce to 18 elementary schools due March 11, 2026, at cost-plus-fixed-fee-per-case structure with estimated annual budget of $600,000; and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 issued February 4, 2026, due March 4, covering 30 Georgia school districts across two geographic areas with estimated combined produce spending exceeding $5.5 million annually, where mangoes compete alongside apples, berries, and root vegetables on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis with pricing capped at USDA Atlanta Terminal Wholesale Market Report rates. Geographic concentration is heaviest in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana) and upper Midwest (Wisconsin, Illinois), with scattered procurement across Oregon, California, and Connecticut; recent activity runs concurrent with fiscal-year 2026-27 budget cycles in school districts preparing summer and fall meal programs under USDA reimbursement and cooperative purchasing frameworks. School lunch program adoption of tropical fruits remains secondary to temperate-climate staples, positioning mango procurement within niche demand signals tied to menu innovation, cultural demographics, and seasonal availability windows.