UNSPSC 50305503: Chapote/black persimmon

The variety of persimmons known as chapote/black persimmon

UNSPSC 50305503 Chapote/black persimmon is a Commodity code tracking single-source fruit procurement for institutional food service. State and local governments use this code to buy fresh fruit for correctional facilities, mental health centers, school nutrition programs, senior services, and child care operations. The buying pattern reflects institutional bulk procurement: vendors supply produce by case or bulk weight on fixed schedules, with delivery to central warehouses or distributed school sites. Issuing bodies span state corrections and mental health departments, county and municipal school districts, city senior services divisions, and regional child care providers. Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears twice as a repeat buyer, soliciting fresh fruit and vegetable supplies for food warehouses serving multiple facilities.

Recent opportunities show concentrated activity in the South, particularly Texas and Georgia. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued two fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations in late September 2026 (IW267411 and IW267420, both due October 14), followed by a Palestine-area produce bid (IW267376, due October 19, 2026). Georgia school districts dominate the secondary cluster: Hancock County Board of Education (fresh produce for school year 2026-27, due June 26, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education (fresh produce bid, due June 16, 2026), Bartow County School System (local fresh fruit and vegetable RFP, due June 22, 2026), Bryan County School Nutrition Program (fresh produce bid, due May 27, 2026), and Early County Board of Education (food and non-food line-item bid including fresh produce, due June 8, 2026). Illinois Department of Mental Health (Madden Mental Health Center) and Illinois Department of Corrections (Joliet Treatment Center) each posted one produce solicitation in August 2026. Wisconsin school nutrition (Madison Metropolitan School District petite bananas RFB 4162 and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks RFB 4163, both due July 29, 2026) and Connecticut school nutrition (Bridgeport Board of Education grocery items bid including produce, due June 30, 2026) rounded out activity. The code shows no relevant activity outside food-service institutional supply chains; one unrelated Marion Health Care Coalition produce proposal appeared in the dataset but lacks specificity on scope or issuing body type.