UNSPSC 50305342: Red lady peaches

The variety of peaches known as red lady peaches

UNSPSC 50305342 Red lady peaches is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce—including peaches, but more broadly apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, tomatoes, and other seasonal fruits and vegetables—for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, senior centers, detention and mental health facilities, and child care operations. The recent solicitation record shows a steady stream of demand from correctional departments, school districts, county health systems, and municipal social services agencies for bulk fresh produce delivered on regular schedules to central warehouses or individual facility sites. Scope varies from weekly bi-weekly deliveries of specified produce lists to seasonal local-sourcing arrangements; vendors typically bear transportation and handling costs and must meet USDA quality standards, food-safety compliance, and cold-chain maintenance. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county and municipal school districts, county boards of education, cities, regional health coalitions, and specialized child-care and senior-services entities.

Activity is geographically dispersed across multiple states with notable concentrations in Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, City of Edinburg), Illinois (Illinois Department of Corrections and Mental Health), Georgia (multiple county school districts including Bryan County, Bartow County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, and Early County), Florida (Collier County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Connecticut (Bridgeport), Mississippi (DeSoto County), and independent facilities in other jurisdictions. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to Palestine, Texas (RFQ, due October 19, 2026), Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park (ITN, due March 6, 2025), the Illinois Department of Corrections' request for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (RFQ, small business set-aside, due September 3, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District's bids for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4162 and 4163, due July 29, 2026, with locational sourcing preference within 400 miles and Wisconsin diversity-owned business preference on the snacks bid), and Bryan County Schools' sealed bid for fresh produce (due May 27, 2026). Contract values where stated range from $78,000 annually (Madison petite bananas) to $969,460.94 (Head Start of Greater Dallas grocery products), with most school nutrition and institutional food-service contracts running one year with renewal options. Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million), and prevailing-wage certifications appear frequently; local-vendor preferences and diversity-owned business status scoring are common evaluation factors.