UNSPSC 50305038: Sanguine oranges

The variety of oranges known as sanguine oranges

UNSPSC 50305038 Sanguine oranges, a Commodity code, covers fresh citrus fruit procurement by state and local governments, as reflected in recent institutional food-service buying. State and local agencies purchasing under this code are primarily school districts, child nutrition programs, and senior services departments sourcing produce for meal programs serving children, students, and seniors. The work being bought includes fresh sanguine oranges and similar citrus varieties for use in National School Lunch Programs, School Breakfast Programs, Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP), and federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs (FFVP), typically as line items within larger fresh-produce or grocery-bundle procurements rather than as standalone citrus-only contracts. Issuing bodies are school nutrition departments (including independent and county school districts), child care food programs operated by municipal or nonprofit agencies, and senior services divisions within city and county governments. The code sees activity across multiple procurement vehicles—RFPs for produce supply contracts, RFQs and ITBs for produce line items, and cooperative purchasing arrangements spanning multi-district consortiums—with evaluation emphasizing cost, product quality, delivery reliability, and compliance with USDA nutrition and food-safety standards including Buy American provisions and HACCP food-safety plans.

Recent opportunities span multiple states with concentrated activity in Georgia school districts and Texas child nutrition programs. The City of Edinburg, Texas, child care nutrition program issued RFP 2026-017 for food and nonfood items supporting approximately 400 children, with proposals due August 4, 2026, pricing produce alongside beverages, paper goods, and janitorial supplies. The GEC Buying Cooperative (Douglas County School System administering) posted RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts in two geographic areas with annual spending estimated at $5.5 million and proposals due March 4, 2026. Dougherty County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education, and multiple other Georgia school nutrition programs issued sealed bids for fresh produce in March and April 2026, each naming citrus among 40–72 line items and requiring compliance with Buy American provisions and HACCP documentation. The McAllen Independent School District (Texas) issued RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce to 31 campuses serving 20,000 students, with deliveries to 31 sites and contract award anticipated within 90 days of the March 6, 2026, deadline. Austin Independent School District (Texas) solicited fresh produce through RFP 26RFP034 with proposals due March 11, 2026, requiring Good Food Purchasing Program participation and Texas-grown preference where cost and quality are comparable. Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) posted RFP 26039RFPDST for specialty produce to elementary schools in the federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, with an estimated annual budget of $600,000 funded entirely by USDA grants and proposals due March 11, 2026. School district procurement activity dominates the recent window, with secondary participation by municipal senior services and child care nutrition programs; most opportunities cluster in the Southeast and South-Central United States, with secondary activity in California and the Pacific Northwest.