UNSPSC 50305846: Laroda plums

The variety of plums known as laroda plums

UNSPSC 50305846 Laroda plums (Commodity) shows sporadic procurement activity concentrated in school nutrition and child care feeding programs, where state and local governments purchase fresh produce as part of comprehensive food service contracts. The recent opportunities show little demand specifically for laroda plums; instead, issuing bodies are procuring broad fresh produce assortments—including apples, bananas, berries, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, tomatoes, and seasonal items—alongside eggs and other grocery staples to meet USDA nutrition standards and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) or National School Lunch Program (NSLP) requirements. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with individual requests from Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, and Oregon school systems, as well as cooperative purchasing vehicles like the GEC Buying Cooperative serving multiple Georgia districts. City and county departments (San Antonio Parks & Recreation, Bridgeport Board of Education, Madison Metropolitan School District, DeSoto County School District) and Head Start agencies round out the buyer base, all seeking weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to central warehouses or individual school sites with strict compliance to USDA Buy American provisions, HACCP plans, and food-safety documentation.

Activity is heaviest in Georgia (where school districts in Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, and Henry County posted solicitations between March and June 2026), Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Head Start of Greater Dallas, and City of Edinburg), and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools). Representative recent solicitations include the Madison Metropolitan School District's request for petite bananas (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026); the Hillsborough County Public Schools Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program RFP (26039RFPDST, due March 11, 2026) for specialty produce delivery to 18 elementary schools; the GEC Buying Cooperative's multi-district procurement (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) covering approximately 72 produce line items across two Georgia regions valued at roughly $5.5 million annually; and the City of Bridgeport's grocery items bid (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items including fruits, vegetables, and dairy. Pricing in these contracts is typically firm fixed for the initial contract year, with escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index data; evaluation emphasizes cost (30–50% weight), product quality and freshness, vendor experience, and compliance with domestic-sourcing mandates. No recent opportunities explicitly reference laroda plums by name, suggesting the code may see limited pursuit or may be an artifact of broader produce categorization in school nutrition procurement.