UNSPSC 50304906: Arctic glo nectarines

The variety of nectarines known as arctic glo nectarines

UNSPSC 50304906 Arctic glo nectarines is a Commodity code that describes a single fresh-fruit item; however, state and local governments soliciting under this code are actually buying fresh produce—fruit and vegetables more broadly—for institutional food service, including correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, parks, and mental-health treatment centers. Recent opportunities from Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, and Wisconsin show sustained demand for fresh-produce supply and delivery contracts, with issuing bodies spanning state departments of criminal justice and corrections, county and city school districts, county boards of education, regional parks and recreation departments, healthcare coalitions, and municipal human-services divisions. The work involves commodity sourcing, quality assurance, temperature-controlled delivery, compliance with food safety and USDA standards, and often local or domestic-origin preferences. Contracts typically run one to three years with options for renewal, and vendors manage logistics, inventory management, and adherence to nutrition program regulations including the National School Lunch Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program standards.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued two concurrent fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply RFQs in late September 2026—one for the Wynne Food Warehouse in Huntsville (IW267411, due October 14) and one for the Snyder Food Warehouse (IW267420, due October 14)—with a third for the Palestine facility (IW267376, due October 19). Illinois Department of Corrections solicited fresh produce for Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3). School districts dominate the recent opportunity set: Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin bid separately for petite bananas at $78,000 annual value (RFB 4162, due July 29) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks requiring Wisconsin sourcing and traceability (RFB 4163, due July 29); Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia sought fresh produce across 200+ line items (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26); Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia requested 40 produce items (bids due June 16); and DeSoto County School District in Mississippi pursued full and broken cartons on a cost-plus-fee basis (bids due June 22). Other recent solicitors include the City of Bridgeport Board of Education (1,100+ line items of grocery and produce, bids due June 30), Head Start of Greater Dallas (32,409 cases across frozen foods, produce, and meat, primary and secondary suppliers, bids due June 24, estimated value $969,460.94), Collier County Board of County Commissioners for North Collier Regional Park food services (ITN, due March 6, 2025), and the City of San Antonio Parks & Recreation and Department of Human Services for produce-market operations at senior centers (RFP 26-070, due May 27). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, Connecticut, and Mississippi, with scattered activity in other states. The code shows consistent quarter-to-quarter purchasing activity across institutional categories, with school nutrition programs and correctional facilities as the primary buyer segments.