UNSPSC 50305333: John henry peaches

The variety of peaches known as john henry peaches

UNSPSC 50305333 John henry peaches is a Commodity code representing fresh fruit procurement for state and local nutrition programs—school districts, child care agencies, and correctional facilities sourcing table-ready produce for meal service. The code spans broader fresh fruit categories, but recent solicitations show concentrated activity around bananas, apples, berries, citrus, melons, and stone fruits delivered to school nutrition departments and child nutrition programs under National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program compliance frameworks. State and local education agencies dominate the issuing-body mix: school districts (including Hillsborough County, Madison Metropolitan, McAllen, Austin, Meriden, Central Point, and dozens of Georgia county boards of education), special-purpose nutrition cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia districts), Head Start agencies, and city or county child nutrition divisions. Repeat procurement across the fiscal year—typically contracts running July through June with monthly or seasonal sourcing variability—is standard. The City of Edinburg in Texas and the County of Santa Clara in California represent non-traditional buyers (CACFP meal service and correctional food service, respectively), widening the issuing-body scope beyond traditional K–12 school nutrition.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, reflecting both high-volume school district consolidation (particularly through cooperative purchasing consortiums like GEC) and individual district solicitations. Texas buyers include Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, and the City of Edinburg; Georgia districts include Bryan County, Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Henry County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham Public Schools. Florida (Hillsborough County), Connecticut (Meriden), Oregon (Central Point), Mississippi (DeSoto County), and California (Santa Clara County) show secondary activity. Representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 annual value, due July 29, 2026), the City of Edinburg RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal support covering beverages, paper goods, proteins, and produce for 400 children (due August 4, 2026, with local-vendor 5% preference under Texas law), and the GEC Buying Cooperative SN 26-004 for 30 Georgia school districts across two geographic areas totaling approximately $5.5 million in estimated annual produce and egg spending (due March 4, 2026, with automatic renewal for up to five additional one-year terms). Buy American requirements (7 CFR 210.21(d)), HACCP plan compliance, liability insurance mandates (typically $500,000–$2 million aggregate), and firm pricing for initial contract periods (often 60–90 days or one year) are standard across solicitations. Qualification thresholds frequently require three to five years of similar supply experience, current USDA or state food safety certifications, and electronic ordering system integration.