UNSPSC 50305009: Blonde oranges

The variety of oranges known as blonde oranges

UNSPSC 50305009 Blonde oranges is a Commodity code that does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains 27 recent opportunities posted between January and July 2026 across school districts, municipalities, and child care agencies, yet none of them specifically solicits blonde oranges or citrus fruits in isolation. The opportunities instead aggregate fresh produce procurement broadly—encompassing apples, bananas, leafy greens, root vegetables, berries, and occasionally citrus varieties (oranges, grapefruits, tangerines)—as line items within larger food-service solicitations serving school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and detention facility food service. The code's narrow commodity scope does not align with how state and local buyers actually structure produce contracts, which typically consolidate dozens or hundreds of produce line items under single RFPs, RFBs, or ITBs rather than procuring individual varieties.

Recent activity shows that school districts and school nutrition consortiums drive the majority of fresh-produce procurement volume across the source jurisdictions. The City of Edinburg, Texas (RFP 2026-017); Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin (RFB 4162 and 4163); multiple Georgia school districts including Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, and Liberty County; Austin Independent School District, Texas; and Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida, all posted produce-inclusive opportunities between March and July 2026. The GEC Buying Cooperative representing 30 Georgia school districts posted a multi-million-dollar cooperative procurement (SN 26-004, February 2026) covering 72 produce line items including citrus but not blonde oranges specifically. A handful of non-school buyers—Head Start of Greater Dallas, the County of Santa Clara (for dried fruits and nuts), and the City of San Antonio's Department of Human Services—also procure produce, but citrus procurement remains embedded in comprehensive food-service buys. No recent opportunity targets blonde oranges as a standalone procurement line, and no issuing body has solicited the variety by name. The code shows no current market activity worth pursuing in isolation.