UNSPSC 50305702: Blue gusto plucot

The variety of plucots known as blue gusto plucot

UNSPSC 50305702 Blue gusto plucot, a Commodity code, names a specific produce item that state and local governments procure primarily through school districts, corrections agencies, mental health facilities, and senior services divisions for food service operations. Recent solicitations show that state and local buyers are treating this code as part of broader fresh-produce procurement: the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple RFQs for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to correctional food warehouses (Palestine and Snyder, Texas, with response dates in October 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health have sought fresh-produce supply contracts for facility food service; and school districts across Georgia and Wisconsin have solicited fresh-fruit items as components of larger produce-supply contracts. The work involves direct supply and delivery of fresh produce meeting USDA quality and freshness standards, often with bi-weekly or weekly delivery schedules to centralized food warehouses or individual institutional sites. Issuing bodies span state corrections and mental-health departments, county and city school districts, and county parks departments, with no single jurisdiction dominating the activity.

Recent opportunities cluster in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Representative solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice RFQs for fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to the Wynne and Snyder food warehouses (due October 14, 2026), the Illinois Department of Mental Health's small-purchase procurement for fresh fruits and vegetables to Madden Mental Health Center (due August 14, 2026), and the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas with an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 and a contract term from September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 (bids due July 29, 2026). School-nutrition contracts generally require HACCP plans, compliance with Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed items), and delivery in early morning hours before school operations commence. No set-asides or minority-business preferences are uniformly applied across the code; school districts in Wisconsin and Georgia have applied local-sourcing requirements (produce sourced within 400 miles) and diverse-business status preferences, but these vary by jurisdiction.