UNSPSC 50305043: Valencia oranges

The variety of oranges known as valencia oranges

UNSPSC 50305043 Valencia oranges is a Commodity code representing a single produce item within the broader fresh fruit procurement landscape. State and local governments soliciting under this code are actually buying fresh produce for school nutrition programs, child and adult care food programs, senior services, and institutional food service operations. Recent opportunities show school districts, child nutrition authorities, and county purchasing offices acquiring multi-item fresh fruit contracts where Valencia oranges appear as one line item among dozens of produce categories—apples, bananas, berries, citrus varieties, and seasonal fruits—delivered on fixed schedules to centralized warehouses or distributed directly to school sites. The code sits narrowly focused on a single citrus commodity, but the actual procurement activity encompasses comprehensive fresh-fruit supply relationships where Valencia oranges compete alongside other citrus, melons, and stone fruits in volume-based, fixed-price annual contracts tied to USDA commodity pricing benchmarks and school meal nutrition standards.

Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and school nutrition authorities across multiple states, with standout repeat buyers including Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Madison Metropolitan School District, Hancock County Board of Education, and Bryan County Schools in Georgia, plus McAllen Independent School District in Texas and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida. Geographic spread concentrates heavily in Georgia (Bryan County, Glynn County, Dougherty County, Liberty County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Bartow County) and extends to Texas (McAllen, Austin), Florida (Hillsborough), Connecticut (Meriden), Wisconsin (Madison), Mississippi (DeSoto County), Oregon (Central Point), and California (Santa Clara County). Representative recent opportunities include Glynn County Board of Education requesting sealed bids on fresh produce including citrus fruits under IFB 27-02 due April 14, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education seeking bids on over 200 line items of fresh produce including multiple citrus varieties under IFB #SN002-2027 due June 26, 2026; and Bryan County School Nutrition Program conducting a sealed bid procurement for fresh produce covering oranges and other fruits for School Year 2026-2027, with proposals due May 27, 2026. Contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 with firm fixed pricing, weekly or bi-weekly deliveries, Buy American compliance requirements, and HACCP food-safety standards; pricing is generally cost-plus-fixed-fee or firm unit-price indexed to USDA terminal market reports, with no separate fuel surcharges permitted.