UNSPSC 50305707: Flavor fall plucot

The variety of plucots known as flavor fall plucot

UNSPSC 50305707 Flavor fall plucot is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh fruit supply to state and local institutions, particularly correction and mental health facilities, school districts, and senior service programs. Recent activity shows state and local governments buying fresh fruits and vegetables—primarily produce such as apples, bananas, berries, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, and tomatoes—for institutional food service operations including prison nutrition programs, school lunch service, child and adult care food programs, senior centers, and health care facilities. The issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, county boards of education, municipal parks and recreation departments, and senior service divisions. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations for its food warehouse operations; Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health have similarly solicited produce supply; and school districts across Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Texas represent the bulk of recent competitive activity.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (TDCJ multiple food warehouse locations in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville), Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bryan County school systems; state-level procurement), Illinois (IDOC Joliet Treatment Center, Illinois Department of Mental Health Madden Mental Health Center in Hines), Florida (Collier County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Mississippi (DeSoto County School District), and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education). Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetables delivery to Palestine with a response deadline of October 19, 2026 (RFP notice); Collier County Board of County Commissioners Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park (ITN with response due March 6, 2025, offering local-vendor preference); Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas with estimated annual contract value of $78,000 (bids due July 29, 2026); and Illinois Department of Corrections solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under small business set-aside (quotes due September 3, 2026). School nutrition programs consistently weight cost at 30–40% of evaluation criteria, emphasize Buy American compliance and HACCP documentation, and impose firm pricing requirements with no fuel surcharges.