UNSPSC 50305720: Red kat plucot

The variety of plucots known as red kat plucot

UNSPSC 50305720 Red kat plucot is a Commodity code covering specialized fresh produce items supplied to state and local institutional food-service operations, including correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, senior services programs, and child-care organizations. The recent solicitation activity shows state and local buyers purchasing fresh produce — both commodity-grade items and specialty varieties — delivered on fixed schedules to central warehouses, kitchen facilities, and multiple distributed sites. Work ranges from single-item procurement (petite bananas, specific apple varieties) to comprehensive fresh-produce supply contracts spanning 40 to 200+ line items with bi-weekly or weekly delivery cadences, quality-assurance requirements including HACCP plans and traceability documentation, and compliance with USDA Buy American and food-safety standards.

Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections), state mental-health agencies (Illinois Department of Mental Health), school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bryan County, DeSoto County, Dougherty County, Early County, Bartow County), county commissioners and boards of education, cities and city departments (San Antonio, Bridgeport, Edinburg), and specialized service organizations (Head Start, health-care coalitions, senior services divisions). Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh-produce solicitations across different warehouses within the past 30 days. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida, with the largest recent volume in Georgia school-district procurements and Texas institutional food-service contracts. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting fresh fruit and vegetable bids for Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (due October 14, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District requesting sealed bids for petite bananas and fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks (due July 29, 2026 at $78,000 estimated annual value for bananas alone), and Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia soliciting fresh produce across 200+ line items for the 2026-2027 school year (bids due June 26, 2026). Buy American requirements, local-vendor preferences, small-business set-asides, and diverse-business evaluation criteria appear frequently in school-district and county education-office procurements.