UNSPSC 50305819: Casselman plums

The variety of plums known as casselman plums

UNSPSC 50305819 Casselman plums, a Commodity code, encompasses fresh fruit procurement by state and local governments for institutional food service, particularly correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, and senior services. State and local buyers soliciting under this code acquire fresh produce—plums, bananas, apples, berries, root vegetables, leafy greens, and other items—for daily meal service, typically through RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITN notices with response deadlines ranging from one to two weeks. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school nutrition programs, county government senior services divisions, and specialized nutrition programs such as Head Start and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Common contract features include bi-weekly or weekly deliveries to central warehouses or individual school sites, firm pricing for the contract period (often one fiscal year with one to two renewal options), F.O.B. Destination terms with the vendor bearing transportation, HACCP plan submission, and compliance with Buy American requirements mandating domestic sourcing. Evaluation criteria typically weight cost at 30–40%, vendor qualifications and experience at 15–25%, menu variety and operational capability at 20–35%, and compliance with food safety and local-preference provisions at 5–20 points. Vendors commonly must carry $500,000 to $1 million general liability insurance, comply with E-Verify and debarment certification, and submit product specifications with nutritional data and country-of-origin documentation.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Florida, with Texas Department of Criminal Justice alone posting multiple solicitations for fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to food warehouses serving correctional facilities. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to the Palestine facility (response due October 19, 2026, via the TDCJ Procurement Portal), the Illinois Department of Corrections' quote request 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for bi-weekly produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under a small business set-aside (due September 3, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas at $78,000 estimated annual value (due July 29, 2026), and Collier County Board of County Commissioners' ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park with local-vendor preference worth 10 evaluation points (due March 6, 2025). School districts dominate the recent-opportunity pool, particularly in Georgia and Texas, with specialized requests for local-sourced produce within 400 miles and organic options at preferred pricing. Several jurisdictions explicitly exclude fuel surcharges and require 97–98 percent fill rates with 24-hour replacement guarantees for damaged goods.