UNSPSC 50305851: Marked black plums

The variety of plums known as marked black plums

UNSPSC 50305851 Marked black plums is a Commodity code that, in current state and local procurement, represents a narrow product line within fresh produce supply chains serving institutional food service operations—notably correctional facilities, school districts, mental health centers, senior centers, and other public-sector food programs. State and local governments do not solicit specifically for marked black plums in isolation; instead, plums are requisitioned as line items within broader fresh-produce categories. The actual buying under this code occurs as part of multi-item produce bids and RFPs spanning dozens of fruits and vegetables, where plums appear alongside apples, bananas, berries, citrus, stone fruits, and root vegetables. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections), county and municipal school districts across multiple states, state mental health facilities, senior services divisions, and regional food service consortia. These jurisdictions typically consolidate produce procurement into full-line vegetable and fruit contracts rather than commodity-specific requisitions.

The geographic activity is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin, with additional procurement visible in Connecticut, Florida, and Mississippi. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's bi-weekly produce deliveries to correctional facility food warehouses (IW267376, IW267420, IW267411, due October 2026), the DeSoto County School District's fresh-produce distribution across 41 school sites (3170035984, June 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District's requests for petite bananas and fresh fruit snacks under USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program funding (RFBs 4162 and 4163, July 2026), and Hancock County Schools' comprehensive 200+ line-item produce specification for the 2026-27 school year (PE67080NONST2027000000013, June 2026). School nutrition programs dominate the activity, with Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, weekly or bi-weekly deliveries, and cost-weighted evaluation scoring common across solicitations. Set-asides for small business, minority-owned, and women-owned enterprises appear selectively in Illinois and Texas procurements. Pricing structures range from firm fixed-price for school year contracts through cost-plus-fee models in correctional and healthcare settings, with F.O.B. Destination and no separate fuel-surcharge terms standard across institutional food service.