UNSPSC 50305023: Limequat oranges

The variety of oranges known as limequat oranges

UNSPSC 50305023 Limequat oranges is a Commodity code that captures state and local government procurement of fresh citrus and mixed fresh fruit and vegetable supplies for institutional food service. In practice, government buyers under this code and related produce categories source fresh fruits, vegetables, and processed produce items—often as line items within larger food-service contracts—for correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, senior services, and other institutional dining operations. The issuing bodies span state departments of correction and mental health, county and city school nutrition programs, regional health consortia, and municipal senior services divisions, with school districts and state prison systems appearing most frequently as repeat buyers. Scope across recent solicitations includes fresh produce delivered bi-weekly or weekly to multiple facility locations, with quality standards requiring USDA compliance, cold-chain maintenance, damage replacement at vendor expense, and traceability documentation by farm of origin in some cases.

State and local procurement under this category concentrates heavily in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to its Palestine facility (RFP, due October 19, 2026), the Illinois Department of Mental Health's procurement for weekly fresh produce delivery to Madden Mental Health Center in Hines (small purchase, due August 14, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas with an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 (bids due July 29, 2026), and multiple Georgia school district solicitations including Hancock County Schools' IFB for over 200 fresh produce line items across 2026–2027 (bids due June 26, 2026) and Bartow County Schools' RFP for local-sourced fresh produce requiring vendors to source within 400 miles (proposals due June 22, 2026). Buy American provisions appear in many school-district procurements; local-vendor preferences apply in select jurisdictions including Madison, Bartow County, and Collier County. Prevailing wage compliance, HACCP plans, and commercial general liability insurance of $1 million per occurrence are standard requirements across institutional food-service procurement.