UNSPSC 50305101: Green cooking papayas

The variety of papayas known as green cooking papayas

UNSPSC 50305101 Green cooking papayas is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure papayas and other fresh produce through school nutrition programs, child care food service, senior services, and correctional facility meal operations. Recent solicitations show papayas appearing as line items within broader fresh-produce contracts for school districts and specialized food service operations, though dedicated papaya-only solicitations are rare; the code typically captures produce sourcing as part of comprehensive fruit-and-vegetable procurement spanning apples, bananas, citrus, berries, leafy greens, and root vegetables for institutional meal programs.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent activity concentrated across Georgia, Florida, Texas, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) RFP 26RFP034 soliciting fresh produce and beverages for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (proposals due March 11, 2026); the Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut) RFP 026-41 procuring commercial groceries and produce for 13 school sites with a contract value near $3.1 million (proposals due February 25, 2026); the GEC Buying Cooperative (Georgia) SN 26-004 seeking fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million (proposals due March 4, 2026); and the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) requesting over 1,100 grocery line items including fresh fruits and vegetables for school food service (bids due June 30, 2026). Papayas appear in several detailed produce specifications—notably the Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) IFB for over 200 fresh-produce line items explicitly including papayas, and the Bulloch County School District (Georgia) local-produce RFP specifying specialty items such as papayas for farm-to-school sourcing. The code sees active procurement across school districts, Head Start programs, senior centers, and child-care operations, with buy-American provisions, HACCP compliance, cold-chain delivery, and weekly service cadences standard in current solicitations.