UNSPSC 50305010: Blood oranges

The variety of oranges known as blood oranges

UNSPSC 50305010 Blood oranges is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work state and local governments are actually buying under solicitations tagged with this code. Recent opportunities show no procurement activity for blood oranges specifically; instead, issuing bodies are buying fresh produce broadly—apples, bananas, berries, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, and other commodity fruits and vegetables—to support school nutrition programs, senior services, child care facilities, and detention operations across multiple states.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement activity suggests that blood oranges either appears rarely in state and local solicitations or that opportunities are being miscoded at the source. The recent-opportunities block contains no blood orange purchases; all activity tagged under or near this code encompasses general fresh produce procurement for institutional food service. School districts across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California dominate the issuing-body mix, with smaller activity from counties, cities, regional cooperatives, and special-purpose districts such as the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department and Head Start of Greater Dallas. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Bryan County Schools, Bartow County School System, Glynn County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, and others) and Texas (Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District, Edinburg City schools, and Head Start of Greater Dallas). Representative recent solicitations include the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP for fresh produce and eggs covering 30 Georgia school districts (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026), Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for specialty fruits and vegetables for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (RFP 26039RFPDST, due March 11, 2026), and Austin Independent School District's RFP for fresh produce and beverages (RFP 26RFP034, due March 11, 2026). If pursuing blood oranges specifically, verify that your target customers have issued solicitations naming that variety explicitly rather than relying on generic fresh-produce codes and descriptions.