UNSPSC 50305012: Cara cara oranges

The variety of oranges known as cara cara oranges

UNSPSC 50305012 Cara cara oranges is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual fresh produce procurement activity present in recent state and local solicitations. The 27 opportunities posted between January and July 2026 span fresh fruits and vegetables broadly—apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, and tomatoes—across school nutrition programs, child care food programs, and senior services. No solicitation specifically names cara cara oranges; the code appears to be a taxonomy mismatch with the work being purchased. State and local buyers are issuing Requests for Proposals (RFP), Invitations for Bid (IFB), and Invitations to Bid (ITB) for comprehensive fresh produce supply and delivery to institutional meal programs serving children and seniors, with evaluation heavily weighted to cost (typically 30–50 points), vendor qualifications and experience (15–30 points), product quality and food safety (10–25 points), and delivery reliability (10–20 points). School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), DeSoto County School District (Mississippi), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), Bryan County Schools (Georgia), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), and numerous others—alongside child care providers (City of Edinburg Texas CACFP program, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and a municipal senior services program (City of San Antonio). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia, with multiple school districts and the GEC Buying Cooperative procurement spanning 30 districts across the state; Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, Oregon, and California each show single or paired opportunities.

Recent representative solicitations include the GEC Buying Cooperative's SN 26-004 Fresh Produce and Eggs RFP (Douglas County School System and 29 other Georgia districts), with proposals due March 4, 2026, covering approximately 72 produce line items and $5.5 million in estimated annual spending across two geographic areas on a cost-plus-fixed-fee model; the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas, due July 29, 2026, estimating $78,000 annually for weekly deliveries of 70–90 cases; the Hillsborough County Public Schools USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program RFP 26RFP034, due March 11, 2026, with a $600,000 annual budget for cost-plus delivery to 18 elementary schools; the Austin Independent School District RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages, due March 11, 2026, with emphasis on Good Food Purchasing Program compliance and local/minority-owned vendor participation; and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education IFB BNB052266 for 1,100+ grocery line items including produce, due June 30, 2026, subject to Buy American Provision (51% domestic content) and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards. A Georgia-issued procurement (PE55645NONST2026000000009) posted May 15, 2026, with a June 22 deadline, references attached specification documents not provided in summary form. Vendors pursuing this code family should recognize that the market is driven by school and institutional meal programs with strict compliance requirements (CACFP, USDA FFVP, Buy American, HACCP, food safety traceability), firm fixed pricing or cost-plus models, and weekly or twice-weekly delivery to multiple sites; cara cara oranges as a specialized citrus variety are unlikely to appear as standalone line items outside broad orange or citrus categories.