UNSPSC 50305708: Flavor gold plucot

The variety of plucots known as flavor gold plucot

UNSPSC 50305708 Flavor gold plucot, a Commodity code, covers specialty fresh fruit items that state and local governments procure for child nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and child care agencies buying fresh produce—including apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, and specialty items—through competitively bid annual contracts. The work spans sourcing, storage, and delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables meeting USDA nutritional standards, HACCP food safety protocols, and Buy American provisions; vendors must maintain cold-chain logistics, product traceability, and typically achieve 95–98 percent fill rates on weekly or daily deliveries to multiple sites. Issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs (elementary through high school districts), Head Start and child care agencies operating under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), senior services divisions, and occasionally special-purpose procurement consortia (cooperative buying groups spanning multiple districts). School districts dominate the market; repeat activity appears across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and Oregon jurisdictions, with heavy concentration among Georgia school systems running procurement cycles aligned to the July–June fiscal year.

Geographic spread spans the South and Southwest, with the heaviest recent activity in Georgia (Bulloch, Bryan, Dougherty, Early, Glynn, Henry, Liberty, Muscogee, and Savannah-Chatham County school systems), Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Edinburg, Dallas-area Head Start), and Florida (Hillsborough County), plus isolated opportunities in Oregon, Connecticut, and California. Representative recent solicitations include the Madison Metropolitan School District (Madison, Wisconsin) Petite Bananas RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026, seeking 70–90 weekly cases at specified ripeness and temperature for $78,000 annually; the City of Edinburg (Texas) CACFP Meal Program RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026, sourcing five categories of food and nonfood items for 400 children daily with local-vendor preference; and the GEC Buying Cooperative (Georgia) Fresh Produce and Eggs RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026, covering 30 school districts across two areas with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million. Evaluation criteria typically weight cost at 30–50 percent, product quality and food safety at 15–25 percent, and vendor qualifications and service capability at 20–30 percent. No set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear standard; cooperative purchasing vehicles and multi-vendor awards are common when districts optimize by line item or geographic zone.