UNSPSC 50305500: Persimmons

The type of fruit known as persimmons

UNSPSC 50305500 Persimmons is a Class code that currently shows limited direct relevance to state and local government procurement activity. The code's name suggests a narrow commodity focus on a single fruit variety, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this taxonomy reveal a fundamental mismatch: no solicitations explicitly name persimmons as a primary procurement target. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code overwhelmingly cover broad fresh-produce and grocery provisioning for school nutrition programs, child care food services, and correctional facilities—categories in which persimmons appear, if at all, as one line item among dozens or hundreds spanning apples, bananas, berries, vegetables, proteins, and prepared foods. The Bulloch County School District's local-produce RFP (IFP SN 26-004, due May 4, 2026) does specify persimmons among 24 line items for its Farm to School program, but this is an exception; most other school district and public-agency food procurements treat fresh produce as an undifferentiated commodity class priced and awarded on competitive bid across multiple vendors and product lines, with no single fruit commanding dedicated solicitation attention.

School districts, county boards of education, and municipal food service agencies dominate the issuing-body mix—particularly in Georgia, where the recent sample includes bids from Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Early County, Hancock County, and Bartow County schools, alongside single opportunities from Texas (Edinburg, McAllen, Austin ISDs), Connecticut (Meriden), Florida (Hillsborough), Utah (Salt Lake City), Oregon (Central Point), and California (Santa Clara County Correction). Texas leads in frequency with five separate school and child-care RFPs and RFBs posted between February and July 2026; Georgia school districts account for twelve visible opportunities. The geographic spread reflects national coverage, with no concentration in a single region. Representative opportunities include the Bulloch County IFP for local produce (May 4, 2026 deadline) naming persimmons explicitly, the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP for 30 Georgia school districts (March 4, 2026, approximately $5.5 million combined estimated value), and the Meriden Public Schools RFP for commercial groceries and produce (February 25, 2026, approximately $3.1 million estimated value). Because no recent solicitation isolates persimmons as a standalone commodity and the code itself does not reflect the breadth of what is actually being purchased—comprehensive school food service contracts spanning hundreds of SKUs—the code is a poor targeting vehicle for persimmon-focused vendors. Pursuit viability hinges on participation in multi-item produce bids where persimmons are negotiated as a secondary line item rather than on dedicated persimmon procurement signals.