UNSPSC 50305832: Gar red plums

The variety of plums known as gar red plums

UNSPSC 50305832 Gar red plums is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product line within the broader fresh produce market. State and local governments rarely procure gar red plums as a standalone commodity; instead, they purchase fresh produce through aggregated food-supply solicitations that bundle plums, apples, bananas, berries, root vegetables, leafy greens, and other items for institutional food service. The recent opportunities block shows no standalone gar red plum procurement and no mention of this variety in 23 recent state and local solicitations spanning correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, senior services, parks concessions, and child care food programs. The code's narrow scope—a single plum variety by botanical classification—does not align with how state and local procurement offices structure fresh-produce buying, which typically aggregates seasonal produce across multiple varieties and families into single contracts.

The recent opportunities data demonstrates that state and local institutions source fresh produce through integrated food-service and meal-program contracts rather than by discrete commodity line. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health, school districts in Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Connecticut, and municipal and county parks and nutrition programs all procure fresh fruit and vegetables on a category basis—requesting multiple apple varieties, bananas, berries, root vegetables, leafy greens, and other items in single RFPs, RFBs, ITNs, and IFBs posted between April and October 2026. Madison Metropolitan School District requested petite bananas under a narrower line (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026) as separate bids, but these remain aggregated categories rather than botanical-variety specifications. No issuing body in the source material has posted a solicitation specifically for gar red plums or any named plum variety. Activity is concentrated among school nutrition programs (the largest buyer base), followed by state correctional and mental health facilities, county school districts, and municipal recreation and senior services. If pursuing this code, recognize that gar red plums would be purchased only as part of a broader fresh-produce line item within a large institutional food-service contract, not as a standalone procurement vehicle.