UNSPSC 50305850: Mariposa plums

The variety of plums known as mariposa plums

UNSPSC 50305850 Mariposa plums, a Commodity code, shows limited recent activity aligned to its nominal scope. State and local governments soliciting under this code purchase fresh produce for child nutrition programs, school meal services, and senior services, though recent opportunities capture the code tangentially rather than as a primary procurement category. The issuing bodies include school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia, Bryan County Schools in Georgia, Glynn County Board of Education in Georgia, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Henry County Schools in Georgia, Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia), city and county government food programs (City of Edinburg Texas, City of Bridgeport Connecticut, City of San Antonio Texas, Head Start of Greater Dallas, DeSoto County School District Mississippi), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts, Meriden Public Schools Connecticut, Central Point School District Oregon, Austin Independent School District Texas, County of Santa Clara California). The most concentrated activity clusters in Georgia, where school districts conduct recurring annual procurements for fresh produce supporting National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meal service across multiple school sites.

Recent opportunities solicit fresh produce broadly rather than Mariposa plums specifically; representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (due July 29, 2026), City of Edinburg Texas RFP 2026017 for CACFP meal program items including produce (due August 4, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce spanning apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, and specialty items (due June 26, 2026), and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across two Georgia geographic areas (due March 4, 2026). The code reflects a long tail of commodity-level fresh produce procurement across institutional food service contexts rather than focused demand for a single varietal. Vendors pursuing state and local opportunities tagged to this code should expect to compete on fresh produce supply more broadly, often alongside competing vendors on line-item bases, with evaluation weighted heavily toward cost (typically 30–50 points), product quality and availability (15–30 points), and delivery reliability. Buy American provisions apply across most school nutrition solicitations, and many require HACCP certification, traceability documentation, and liability insurance of $500,000 to $2,000,000. Geographic preference and local sourcing initiatives—such as the 200-mile and 400-mile local-produce radius requirements in Georgia and Wisconsin procurements—appear increasingly common in recent school district RFPs and RFQs.