UNSPSC 50304926: Hardired nectarines

The variety of nectarines known as hardired nectarines

UNSPSC 50304926 Hardired nectarines is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual procurement activity in the recent state and local opportunities associated with it. The sourced records show school districts, child nutrition programs, and county food services procuring fresh fruits and vegetables broadly—apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and eggs—as staple components of institutional meal service, not hardened nectarines specifically. The opportunities span school nutrition programs (elementary through high school), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal service, and senior center produce distribution, with issuing bodies including Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, and others), Texas school districts (Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District), Connecticut municipalities (City of Meriden, City of Bridgeport), and Texas child-care agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg Parks & Recreation). The code shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and active procurement.

Geographic activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, Michigan, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP (SN 26-004) for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Bid 26-34 for 72 fresh produce line items across 60 school sites with response due April 23, 2026, McAllen Independent School District RFP 2026-1029 for produce across 31 campuses with proposals due March 6, 2026 (extended by addendum), and Austin Independent School District RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages across all AISD locations with proposals due March 11, 2026. These solicitations consistently emphasize Buy American provisions (typically requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed goods), HACCP plan compliance, delivery to multiple school or institutional sites with strict time windows (typically 6:00–7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. weekdays), and weekly or bi-weekly service. Evaluation commonly weights cost at 30–50 percent, product quality and availability at 15–30 percent, vendor experience and references at 10–20 percent, and delivery/service capability at 10–25 percent. Set-asides and preferences vary: Texas districts apply HUB status and local-business preferences; Georgia cooperatives and districts do not cite formal set-asides but encourage small and minority-owned business participation; some municipal buyers (City of Bridgeport) require Buy American compliance but show no disadvantaged-enterprise restrictions. Contract values range from $78,000 annually (Madison Metropolitan School District petite bananas) to $3.1 million (Meriden Public Schools groceries and produce). The code's nominal commodity—hardired nectarines—does not align with the broad-based, commodity-agnostic institutional fresh-produce and grocery procurement actually occurring in state and local markets.