UNSPSC 50305861: Queen rosa plums

The variety of plums known as queen rosa plums

UNSPSC 50305861 Queen rosa plums is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh specialty stone fruits procured by school districts and child nutrition programs to support meal service operations. State and local governments buy queen rosa plums—a branded cultivar—as part of broader fresh-produce procurement for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and USDA-funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program initiatives. Recent solicitations show the commodity embedded in multi-item produce bids where districts specify individual fruit varieties alongside apples, bananas, berries, citrus, and seasonal items. Issuing bodies span school districts of varying sizes (Austin Independent School District, Hillsborough County Public Schools, single-county and multi-county districts in Georgia), child nutrition agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas), and municipal food service operations supporting senior programs. The code shows little recent standalone demand; instead, queen rosa plums appear as one line item within comprehensive fresh-produce RFPs and IFBs where evaluation prioritizes cost, product quality, delivery reliability, and USDA compliance rather than individual cultivar selection.

The code sees activity concentrated in Texas and Georgia school districts, with additional procurement spanning Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County Public Schools' FFVP procurement (RFP 26RFP034, fresh specialty fruits and vegetables for elementary schools, proposals due March 11, 2026), Bartow County School System's local fresh fruit and vegetable RFP (10-2026-019, sourcing within 400 miles, due June 22, 2026), and Head Start of Greater Dallas' grocery products IFB (IFB No. 26-GP, approximately 32,409 cases of produce including fresh fruits meeting CACFP standards, sealed bids due June 24, 2026). Procurement under this code typically follows state and local Buy American provisions, HACCP and traceability requirements, fixed firm pricing for 12-month terms, and weekly or bi-weekly delivery to school warehouses or individual campuses. Vendors competing for these awards must maintain cold-chain logistics, liability insurance at $1 million or higher per occurrence, and compliance with nutritional and food-safety standards set by the USDA and state departments of agriculture. The commodity represents a small line-item share of larger produce contracts where districts award to multiple vendors on a competitive basis and retain flexibility to source items through direct farm relationships or commodity entitlements when available.