UNSPSC 50304942: Ruby diamond nectarines

The variety of nectarines known as ruby diamond nectarines

UNSPSC 50304942 Ruby diamond nectarines is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure as part of broader child nutrition, school meal, and senior services food supply contracts rather than as standalone line-item purchases. The code does not appear as a primary solicitation focus in recent state and local procurement; instead, nectarines surface incidentally within comprehensive fresh produce bids that cover dozens of fruit and vegetable varieties under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. School districts, child care food programs, and senior services departments across the South and Texas procure fresh produce through RFPs, RFBs, and IFBs that bundle apples, bananas, berries, citrus, melons, stone fruits, and other items into single solicitations; nectarines, when specified, typically appear as one line item among 40–200 produce SKUs with estimated annual quantities and pack-size requirements. Issuing bodies include state school nutrition cooperatives (such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts), county and municipal school districts throughout Georgia and Texas, child nutrition programs in cities like Bridgeport, Connecticut and Edinburg, Texas, Head Start organizations, and senior services divisions in municipalities like San Antonio. The mix reflects institutional food service procurement concentrated in K–12 school nutrition, with secondary activity in child care and senior meal programs.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Connecticut, with the highest posting density in Georgia school districts and Georgia-based cooperative purchasing vehicles. Representative recent opportunities include the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 (Douglas County School System, RFP posted Feb 4, 2026, due Mar 4, 2026) seeking fresh produce and eggs across approximately 72 line items for 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across two geographic areas; the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Bid 26-34 (posted Mar 22, 2026, due Apr 23, 2026) soliciting 72 fresh produce items for annual contract with 72 school sites; and the Austin Independent School District RFP 26RFP034 (posted Feb 14, 2026, due Mar 11, 2026) requesting fresh produce and a la carte beverages across all AISD food service locations. Nectarines do not appear as an isolated commodity in these solicitations; they are embedded within broad produce specification sheets alongside comparable stone fruits. State and local procurement under this code is active but diffuse, driven by federal child nutrition program funding and subject to Buy American requirements, HACCP compliance, and school nutrition program budget cycles that typically run July through June with annual rebidding.