UNSPSC 50305607: Red spanish pineapple

The variety of pineapples known as red spanish pineapple

UNSPSC 50305607 Red spanish pineapple is a Commodity code that spans fresh fruit and vegetable supply to state and local institutional facilities, including correctional systems, mental health centers, schools, senior centers, and child care programs. Recent solicitations show state and local governments purchasing fresh produce — including pineapples, bananas, apples, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, and other fruits and vegetables — for food service operations across diverse institutional settings. The work involves product sourcing, quality assurance to USDA and facility-specific standards, scheduled delivery logistics, temperature control, compliance with food safety and recall protocols, and often HACCP plan submission. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, county boards of education, city parks departments, child care agencies, head start programs, and senior services divisions. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears repeatedly as a high-volume institutional buyer, posting multiple fresh produce solicitations for facility warehouse distribution in recent weeks.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Florida, with school nutrition programs representing the largest share of recent opportunities. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's RFP for fresh fruit and vegetables delivery to the Wynne Food Warehouse in Huntsville, Texas (IFB IW267411, due October 14, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections' small-business-set-aside RFQ for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce including multiple apple varieties, berries, and specialty items for three school delivery sites (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026); and Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for petite bananas in 150-count cases delivered Monday through Friday (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026, estimated annual value $78,000). School district procurements frequently apply Buy American provisions (minimum 51% domestic agricultural content), geographic sourcing preferences (produce sourced within 400 miles), diverse-vendor preference scoring, and local-vendor preferences worth 5–10 evaluation points. Institutional buyers typically require F.O.B. Destination pricing with no separate fuel surcharges, general liability insurance ($500,000–$1,000,000), HACCP certification, weekly or bi-weekly deliveries with 97%+ fill rates, and compliance with child nutrition program regulations or correctional facility standards.