UNSPSC 50305816: Blackamber plums

The variety of plums known as blackamber plums

UNSPSC 50305816 Blackamber plums (Commodity) represents a narrow procurement line within fresh fruit supply, but recent state and local activity shows little direct demand for blackamber plums specifically. Instead, issuing bodies across corrections departments, school districts, senior services, food programs, and healthcare facilities are soliciting fresh produce broadly—including apples, bananas, berries, citrus, leafy greens, root vegetables, and tomatoes—typically as part of larger meal-service contracts or standing produce supply agreements. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple RFPs for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to food warehouses and prison kitchens; Illinois corrections and mental-health facilities are seeking weekly produce deliveries; and school districts across Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Connecticut are issuing sealed bids for fresh produce supporting National School Lunch Programs, CACFP, and Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program initiatives. A small number of solicitations name specific items—the Madison Metropolitan School District solicited petite bananas by grade and ripeness stage under RFB 4162 (70–90 cases weekly, July 29, 2026 response date), and DeSoto County School District requested fresh produce distribution covering full and broken cartons across 41 school sites—but blackamber plums do not appear in any specification reviewed.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi, with school district nutrition programs and state institutional food services as the primary buyers. Collier County (Florida) issued an ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park with a 10-point local-vendor preference (March 6, 2025 response date); the Illinois Department of Mental Health sought fresh fruits and vegetables under small purchase procurement (August 14, 2026 response date); and the City of Bridgeport issued a grocery RFB covering over 1,100 food line items under National School Lunch Program requirements (June 30, 2026 response date). Contract values where disclosed range from approximately $78,000 annually (Madison Metropolitan School District petite bananas) to $969,460.94 total (Head Start of Greater Dallas grocery procurement). Vendors pursuing this code should monitor school district produce solicitations, which typically emphasize domestic sourcing, Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, and delivery logistics to multiple sites, but should recognize that blackamber plums as a discrete commodity line does not appear in current state and local procurement pipeline activity.