UNSPSC 50305361: Sugar lady peaches

The variety of peaches known as sugar lady peaches

UNSPSC 50305361 Sugar lady peaches, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within school nutrition and institutional food service procurement, though recent state and local opportunities show minimal activity directly tied to this specific peach variety. Instead, state and local jurisdictions are procuring peaches as components of broader fresh produce contracts—bundled with apples, bananas, berries, and seasonal fruits in comprehensive food service solicitations. The issuing bodies span school districts (elementary through high school nutrition programs), county boards of education, city school systems, and child care nutrition programs (CACFP and Head Start), with the majority sourcing produce through regional cooperatives, individual school district RFPs and IFBs, and multi-vendor grocery contracts. Georgia school districts dominate recent activity, joined by procurements from Texas, Wisconsin, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California; institutional buyers emphasize domestic sourcing, USDA compliance including Buy American provisions, HACCP certification, and sustainability objectives such as farm-to-school programs and local geographic sourcing within 200–400 miles.

The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued RFP 2026-017 on July 16, 2026, for CACFP meal program food and nonfood items including fresh fruits with deliveries due August 4, 2026, applying a local-vendor preference under Texas code; Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida, solicited proposals (RFP 26039RFPDST, due March 11, 2026) for specialty fresh produce delivery to elementary schools under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, with an estimated annual budget of $600,000; and the GEC Buying Cooperative, spanning 30 Georgia school districts across two geographic areas, issued RFP SN 26-004 (due March 4, 2026) for fresh produce and eggs with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million. Activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Texas) and extends to the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin), Pacific Northwest (Oregon), and Northeast (Connecticut, California correction facilities). Recent opportunities emphasize cost-plus-fixed-fee or cost-plus-percentage pricing models, firm fixed pricing with market-adjustment escalators tied to USDA indices, and multi-year terms (typically one year with three to five optional renewals), signaling stable demand but highly competitive sourcing on price, fill rates, delivery reliability, and food safety compliance—a mature procurement category offering steady volume but limited margin and narrow competitive differentiation on commodity peach supply alone.