UNSPSC 50305304: Autumn flame peaches

The variety of peaches known as autumn flame peaches

UNSPSC 50305304 Autumn flame peaches is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of fresh peaches for institutional food service, primarily school nutrition programs and child care facilities operating under federal meal programs. Recent solicitations show school districts and county agencies purchasing fresh produce—including peaches as part of broader fruit assortments—for breakfast, lunch, and snack service. The code sits within a broader institutional fresh-produce procurement ecosystem where state and local buyers source seasonal and year-round fruit and vegetable supplies to meet USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) requirements. Issuing bodies include county school boards and special-purpose child care agencies across multiple states, with school districts accounting for the dominant share of recent activity. School nutrition programs typically weight cost at 30–50 percent in evaluations, with quality, delivery reliability, compliance with nutrition standards, and vendor qualifications making up the remainder. Bidders commonly encounter Buy American requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic content), HACCP certification demands, liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million, weekly delivery obligations, and firm-pricing structures with escalation clauses tied to USDA market indices or Consumer Price Index data.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, and California. The Georgia market shows the highest frequency, with school districts in Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham issuing RFPs and ITBs for fresh produce that explicitly include apples, bananas, berries, and seasonal stone fruits as line items within larger fruit assortments. Texas activity includes McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029, fresh produce, March 6, 2026 deadline extended) and Austin ISD (RFP 26RFP034, fresh produce and beverages, March 11, 2026 deadline). Cooperative purchasing vehicles—such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts (RFP SN 26-004, March 4, 2026 deadline, estimated $5.5 million annual value across two geographic areas)—aggregate demand across multiple districts and create larger contract opportunities. Individual peaches or peach-specific solicitations are rare in the dataset; instead, peaches appear as line items within comprehensive fresh-produce bids where district specifications list multiple apple varieties, stone fruits, berries, and seasonal produce by quantity, pack size, and delivery frequency. Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa (RFP 26039RFPDST, Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, March 11, 2026 deadline, $600,000 estimated annual budget) and Central Point School District in Oregon (RFP SP1500500016028, fresh produce, March 16, 2026 deadline, approximately $302,000 estimated annual spending) represent mid-market institutional produce contracts where peaches would compete as one fruit option alongside apples, grapes, and berries.