UNSPSC 50305203: Crackerjack passion fruit

The variety of passion fruit known as crackerjack passion fruit

UNSPSC 50305203 Crackerjack passion fruit is a Commodity code that spans fresh fruit supply to institutional food service operations, primarily correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, healthcare facilities, and child-care programs. State and local governments procure fresh produce—including passion fruit and other specialty items—as components of broader food-service contracts supporting meal programs for inmates, students, patients, and program participants. The issuing bodies span state departments of correction and mental health, county and municipal school districts, county boards of education, city departments of human services, and specialized food-service authorities. Texas Department of Criminal Justice emerges as a repeat buyer, having issued at least three fresh-produce solicitations since late September 2026 for facilities in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville. School districts in Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Texas represent the largest recent activity volume, often bundling produce procurement within broader food-service contracts supporting National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program operations. Institutional food service typically requires produce meeting USDA quality standards, delivered on fixed schedules (bi-weekly or weekly), with temperature-controlled logistics and compliance with food-safety regulations including HACCP plans. Scope varies from single-commodity line items (petite bananas, fresh passion fruit as part of vegetable assortments) to comprehensive multi-item fresh-produce packages; contracts commonly specify case sizes, delivery frequencies, temperature requirements, and quality-grading standards tied to produce-industry standards such as Chiquita ripeness guides.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued RFP IW267376 (Fresh Fruit & Vegetables—Palestine) due October 19, 2026, and two additional solicitations (IW267420 Snyder Food Warehouse and IW267411 Wynne Food Warehouse, both due October 14, 2026) through the TDCJ Procurement Portal. Madison Metropolitan School District issued two competitive RFBs on July 8, 2026: RFB 4162 for petite bananas ($78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (approximately 5,900 servings weekly, due July 29, 2026) with a Wisconsin-sourced locational preference and 5% diverse-owned business preference. DeSoto County School District (Mississippi) sought fresh produce distribution across 41 school sites on a cost-plus-fee basis (bid due June 22, 2026). Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) requested bids on over 200 fresh-produce line items for the 2026-27 school year (due June 26, 2026). Illinois Department of Corrections sought fresh produce for Joliet Treatment Center under small-business set-aside (due September 3, 2026). Recent opportunities reveal competitive pressure on unit pricing, emphasis on Buy American compliance, geographic/local-sourcing preferences where states enable them, and routine insurance and food-safety documentation requirements; most school-district contracts weigh cost heavily (30–40% of evaluation) alongside compliance, vendor qualifications, and product quality.