UNSPSC 50305827: Elephant heart plums

The variety of plums known as elephant heart plums

UNSPSC 50305827 Elephant heart plums is a Commodity code that names a single fresh fruit product line. State and local governments procure elephant heart plums primarily through school nutrition programs, child care food services, and senior services as components of broader fresh produce supply contracts rather than as standalone line items. The code shows minimal recent standalone activity; instead, elephant heart plums appear incidentally within comprehensive fresh produce solicitations issued by school districts, food service cooperatives, and child nutrition authorities across multiple states. Issuing bodies are predominantly K–12 school districts (including independent school districts in Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Connecticut), county boards of education, school nutrition cooperatives, child care food programs, and municipal senior services divisions. These jurisdictions source fresh produce through weekly or bi-annual fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, or cost-plus-percentage contracts that bundle dozens of fruit and vegetable line items into unified procurements.

Recent solicitations show concentrated activity in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Connecticut, reflecting the geographic footprint of large school districts and cooperative purchasing vehicles operating in those states. Representative opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (due July 29, 2026), both Wisconsin; the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts (due March 4, 2026), spanning approximately $5.5 million in estimated annual spending; and Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFPDST for specialty fruits and vegetables to the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program across elementary schools in Florida (proposals due March 11, 2026, with estimated annual budget of $600,000). Elephant heart plums, when specified at all, are typically requested in modest quantities (25–100 cases annually) as seasonal offerings during late summer months, packaged in standard carton sizes, and subject to the same Buy American, HACCP, food safety, and delivery compliance requirements as broader produce categories. Vendors competing in this space must integrate with school district procurement platforms (Bonfire, OpenGov, IonWave), maintain refrigerated delivery, meet nutritional standards under the National School Lunch Program and CACFP regulations, and carry minimum general liability insurance of $500,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence depending on contract value.