UNSPSC 50305800: Plums

Any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus prunus) with globular to oval smooth-skinned fruits that are drupes with oblong seeds

UNSPSC 50305800 Plums, a Class code, does not reflect the work actually being solicited in recent state and local opportunities tagged under it. The source records show food service procurement for school districts, child care programs, senior services, and correctional facilities — spanning fresh produce distribution, comprehensive grocery supply, meal program provisioning, and specialty items like dried fruits and nuts — but plums appear in no recent solicitation summary. The mismatch between the code's nominal commodity scope and the broader food-service activity it is tagged to suggests the code has been repurposed as a catch-all for institutional food procurement rather than retained for single-commodity tracking. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary activity from county governments, city purchasing departments, and special-purpose entities such as Head Start agencies and cooperative buying consortiums. Geographic concentration is strongest in Georgia, which hosts roughly half the recent opportunities, with meaningful activity also in Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California; several solicitations span multi-district consortiums that cross state lines.

Representative recent solicitations illustrate the breadth of what moves under this code. Madison Metropolitan School District issued RFB 4162 for petite bananas (bids due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison and Wisconsin (July 29, 2026), both targeting commodity-specific supply. At the opposite end of complexity, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida solicited RFP 26039RFPDST for specialty fruits and vegetables to support a federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program across 18 elementary schools (proposals due March 11, 2026); the district specified cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing, GAP certification, and monthly menu coordination. Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut procured groceries, produce, and further processed USDA Foods through RFP 02641 (proposals due February 25, 2026) with an anticipated contract value of $3.1 million across 13 school sites and 8,200 students. The GEC Buying Cooperative, representing 30 Georgia school districts, issued RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across two geographic areas (proposals due March 4, 2026) with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across both areas combined. These opportunities reflect a market where school nutrition programs drive sustained volume procurement of fresh and processed food items, with pricing benchmarked to USDA terminal market reports, compliance with Buy American provisions, HACCP documentation, and firm fixed-price or cost-plus-fixed-fee structures dominating contract terms. Most awards run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options extending to four or five additional years, creating multi-year supply relationships. Pursuit viability remains strong for vendors with institutional food-service scale, refrigerated logistics, electronic ordering capability, insurance coverage at $1 million or higher, and demonstrated school district or similar institutional experience.