UNSPSC 50305878: Creole plum

Variety of plums known as creole plum

UNSPSC 50305878 Creole plum is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of fresh produce items, though the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly for Creole plums themselves. Instead, the code appears to be tagged on broader fresh-produce and grocery procurements where individual commodity codes have been consolidated or misapplied. The buying activity under this code tier—to the extent the tagging is accurate—covers fresh fruits and vegetables delivered to institutional foodservice operations including correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, senior centers, and child-care programs. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county school districts, city school boards, municipal parks departments, and independent school districts across multiple states.

State and local agencies are actively soliciting fresh-produce supply across Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple RFQs for fresh-fruit-and-vegetable delivery to food warehouses serving prison facilities, with response dates in mid-October 2026. Georgia school districts—including Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bartow County School System, and Early County Board of Education—issued IFBs and RFPs for fresh produce during May and June 2026, with sealed-bid opening dates in June and contract terms running through June 2027. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) posted RFBs on July 8, 2026, for petite bananas and fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks with bids due July 29, 2026, and the Illinois Department of Mental Health sought fresh produce for Madden Mental Health Center with a small-business set-aside. School-district procurements typically emphasize Buy American sourcing requirements, HACCP compliance, weekly or bi-weekly delivery schedules to multiple sites, USDA nutrition standards, and pricing firm for the contract term. Correctional and institutional facilities require certified fresh produce, temperature-controlled delivery, and established vendor insurance and compliance documentation. School districts frequently apply local-vendor preferences, diverse-owned-business evaluation points, and geographic-sourcing restrictions (notably Wisconsin's 400-mile radius requirement and Georgia's 400-mile local-farm mandate for specialty produce). Response dates cluster in June through October 2026, with most school-year contracts running July 2026 through June 2027.