UNSPSC 50305020: Kona oranges

The variety of oranges known as kona oranges

UNSPSC 50305020 Kona oranges is a Commodity code. State and local governments rarely solicit oranges of a specific cultivar under this taxonomy — recent opportunities show schools, child care programs, and correctional facilities buying fresh produce generically and in bulk, with cultivar specification appearing only incidentally when vendors propose branded items. The code sees minimal dedicated activity; instead, kona oranges flow through broader fresh-produce, grocery, and food-service procurement channels. School districts dominate the issuing bodies, with scattered activity from cities, counties, and child-nutrition consortia. Opportunities are structured as standing annual contracts for mixed produce, with schools naming dozens of line items (apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes) in a single solicitation rather than isolating individual citrus varieties. When citrus appears, it is typically "oranges" without botanical or market specification, grouped with melons, grapes, and other commodities under produce-distribution bids.

Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia school districts — Glynn County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System — along with school districts in Texas (Austin, McAllen), Florida (Hillsborough County), and Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools). Georgia's presence reflects both the size of school districts in the state and the frequency of procurement cycles. The Commodity code shows no dedicated kona-orange solicitations; the closest representative opportunities are generic fresh-produce contracts — McAllen Independent School District's RFP 2026-1029 for Child Nutrition Program fresh produce, due March 6, 2026, and Glynn County Board of Education's IFB 27-02 for Fresh Produce, due April 14, 2026, both typical school nutrition RFQs and IFBs naming multiple citrus varieties but not kona oranges by name. An Atlanta-area GEC Buying Cooperative RFP (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) serves 30 school districts across two Georgia geographic areas with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million on mixed produce and eggs. The code itself signals minimal procurement momentum in the current market; vendors pursuing citrus supply should expect to compete within broader fresh-produce frameworks rather than stand-alone citrus tenders.