UNSPSC 50305858: President plums

The variety of plums known as president plums

UNSPSC 50305858 President plums, a Commodity code, represents fresh fruit and vegetable supply and delivery to state and local institutional foodservice operations—primarily correctional facilities, mental health centers, school nutrition programs, and senior services. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers procuring fresh produce on firm-price or cost-plus-fee bases, with deliveries ranging from weekly to bi-weekly to multiple times per week, often to multiple sites within a district or facility network. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health, and numerous school districts and county governments are the primary issuing bodies. Work includes both commodity procurement (supply of fresh fruits and vegetables meeting USDA quality and food-safety standards) and value-added services such as ready-to-eat processing, farm-of-origin traceability documentation, HACCP plan submission, and compliance with prevailing-wage and Buy American requirements. Vendors commonly face mandatory insurance (general liability $500,000 to $2 million, workers' compensation), E-Verify enrollment, debarment and suspension certification, and affirmative action compliance. School districts often weight cost at 30–40% of evaluation, with significant points for product quality, delivery reliability, diverse-owned business certification, and references.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Florida, and Mississippi. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's solicitations IW267376 (Fresh Fruit & Vegetables—Palestine, due October 19, 2026) and IW267420 (Fresh fruit and vegetables for TDCJ Snyder Food Warehouse, due October 14, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections' bid 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 (Fresh produce for Joliet Treatment Center, small business set-aside, bi-weekly delivery, due September 3, 2026); the City of Edinburg, Texas RFP 2026-017 (CACFP Meal Program food and nonfood items for 400 children daily, due August 4, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 (Petite Bananas, 70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 (Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks, 5,900 servings weekly, sourced within 400 miles of Madison, due July 29, 2026); and DeSoto County School District's fresh produce distribution bid (41 school sites, weekly bi-annual fixed-fee-plus-reimbursable-cost model, due June 22, 2026). Local-vendor preferences and geographic-sourcing filters (Wisconsin, Georgia) appear in school district RFPs; Collier County's ITN for North Collier Regional Park Food Services (due March 6, 2025) applies 10 local-preference points and requires 30-day operational startup. Set-asides and MBE/WBE preference opportunities are scattered across Illinois (small business) and Texas (SBE considerations implicit in some RFPs). Response dates have compressed; multiple high-volume solicitations closed in June–October 2026.