UNSPSC 50304902: Arctic mist nectarines

The variety of nectarines known as arctic mist nectarines

UNSPSC 50304902 Arctic mist nectarines, a Commodity code, is solicited by state and local governments almost exclusively as part of broader fresh-produce supply contracts for institutional food service—correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, mental-health treatment centers, and regional parks. The code's narrow specificity (a single cultivar of nectarine) sits beneath much broader procurement activity, and recent opportunities show state and local buyers categorizing fresh produce generically across multiple fruit and vegetable SKUs rather than soliciting for individual varieties by name. Where the code does appear, it is typically embedded in RFPs, RFBs, or ITNs requesting dozens or hundreds of produce line items to support child nutrition programs, school breakfast and lunch service, correctional dietary operations, or special meal programs such as the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The buying agencies span state departments of corrections and mental health, independent school districts (including Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Early County, and DeSoto County in the South), city and county food-service divisions, Head Start programs, senior services departments, and specialty healthcare coalitions. Contract terms typically run one school or fiscal year with optional renewals; pricing is typically line-item unit cost with transportation and delivery included. Buy American provisions and domestic sourcing preferences appear in most school and state procurements.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin, with scattered opportunities in Connecticut, Mississippi, and other states. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple RFQs for fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply to food warehouses serving incarcerated populations (solicitations IW267376, IW267420, IW267411 with response dates in October 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District issued separate RFBs for petite bananas and fresh-fruit-and-vegetable snacks (RFB 4162 and 4163, due July 29, 2026), the latter with a 400-mile Wisconsin-sourcing requirement and organic-produce pricing preference. DeSoto County School District requested bids on fresh produce for 41 school sites under a cost-plus-fee model with 97 percent service-level requirements (bid due June 22, 2026). Bartow County Schools in Georgia solicited local fresh fruits and vegetables from farms within 400 miles (RFP 10-2026-019, due June 22, 2026). The Illinois Department of Corrections sought fresh-produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under small-business set-aside (quote due September 3, 2026), specifying bi-weekly delivery of itemized produce including onions, peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, and potatoes. None of these opportunities explicitly named Arctic mist nectarines as a line item; the code's application appears incidental to category-level purchasing where produce items are specified by variety and quantity but not always matched to precise UNSPSC commodity codes.