UNSPSC 50305810: Black beaut plums

The variety of plums known as black beaut plums

UNSPSC 50305810 Black beaut plums is a Commodity code that names a specific fresh fruit product, but the recent state and local solicitation activity under this code does not meaningfully track purchases of black beaut plums as a standalone line item. Instead, state and local governments buy fresh produce — including plums, bananas, apples, berries, root vegetables, and leafy greens — as part of broader food-service contracts for corrections facilities, schools, senior centers, and child care programs. The issuing bodies are scattered across corrections departments, school nutrition programs, county boards of education, municipal health departments, and special-purpose entities such as Head Start organizations and transit-authority food services. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), Madison Metropolitan School District, and Georgia school districts appear repeatedly in recent solicitations, signaling concentration among institutional food-service buyers in correctional and K-12 environments.

Activity under the code spans Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida, with the heaviest recent volume in Georgia school nutrition procurements and TDCJ facility supply contracts. Representative recent opportunities include TDCJ's solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to Palestine, Texas (due October 19, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks requiring Wisconsin-source produce delivered in ready-to-eat form (due July 29, 2026 at $0.20 per pound for organic), and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items across multiple fruit and vegetable varieties for the 2026–27 school year (sealed bids due June 26, 2026). Collier County Board of County Commissioners issued an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) for food services at North Collier Regional Park (due March 6, 2025, with a 10-point local-vendor preference), and the Illinois Department of Corrections sought fresh produce for Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside (due September 3, 2026). Most school district and institutional contracts run through June 30, 2027, with contract values ranging from the Illinois Madden Mental Health Center (fiscal year 2027) to the estimated $969,460.94 total for Head Start of Greater Dallas' grocery procurement. Commodity-level coding of individual produce items like black beaut plums does not align with current solicitation practice, which groups produce into larger, multipurpose food-supply contracts; vendors pursuing these opportunities should track Commodity codes for produce categories (berries, stone fruits, root vegetables) rather than individual varieties.