UNSPSC 50305504: Date plum persimmon

The variety of persimmons known as date plum persimmon

UNSPSC 50305504 Date plum persimmon is a Commodity code that covers fresh fruit supply and delivery to state and local institutional food service operations, particularly corrections facilities, schools, senior services, and health care. State and local buyers under this code procure fresh produce—primarily common fruits and vegetables including apples, bananas, berries, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, and tomatoes—for meal programs serving incarcerated populations, students, seniors, and patients. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, county boards of education, county senior services divisions, and correctional facility food warehouses. The procurement mix reflects institutional scale: school nutrition programs dominate recent solicitations, followed by state corrections and mental health departments. Many school districts solicit under cooperative purchasing agreements and include Buy American provisions (typically 51 percent domestic content for processed items) and USDA compliance requirements. Institutional buyers emphasize firm pricing over contract periods, HACCP plan compliance, and delivery schedules tied to facility operating hours—often early-morning or mid-day windows on weekdays with refrigerated transport required.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh produce solicitations for food warehouses serving correctional facilities (IW267376 Palestine, IW267420 Snyder, IW267411 Wynne), with response dates in October 2026. Madison Metropolitan School District issued RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, September 2026–June 2027) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 weekly servings, Wisconsin-sourced within 400 miles, contingent on USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program grant funding). Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) requested sealed bids for 40 produce line items across 24 school nutrition sites (June 16, 2026 deadline); Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) sought over 200 fresh produce line items for school year 2026–27 (June 26 deadline); Bryan County School Nutrition Program (Georgia) solicited comprehensive fresh produce including 1,024 cases of apples, 825 cases of strawberries, and multiple other items (May 27, 2026 deadline). Illinois Department of Corrections sought fresh produce for Joliet Treatment Center under a one-year contract with small-business set-aside (September 3, 2026 deadline). Head Start of Greater Dallas estimated total procurement at $969,460.94 for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products (IFB 26-GP, June 24, 2026 deadline). Collier County Board of County Commissioners issued an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) for food services at North Collier Regional Park (March 6, 2025 deadline, later posting error), including concession operations with 10-point local-vendor preference. Geographic concentration reflects school district fiscal-year procurement cycles (July–June contracts) aligned with summer solicitation windows and fall delivery commencement.