UNSPSC 50305900: Pomegranates

A thick-skinned several-celled reddish berry that is about the size of an orange and has many seeds with pulpy crimson arils of tart flavor

UNSPSC 50305900 Pomegranates, a Class code, rarely appears in recent state and local procurement activity, and when it does, the opportunities tagged with this code diverge sharply from fresh pomegranate supply. Over the past six months, state and local governments posted 27 opportunities nominally under or referencing fresh-produce procurement; only one explicitly names pomegranates in a way that maps directly to the code definition, and even that sourcing was incidental rather than primary. The bulk of activity under this and related produce codes reflects institutional food service buying: school districts, county education boards, city school nutrition departments, Head Start agencies, senior services divisions, and a small number of municipal food-service operations soliciting produce for child nutrition programs, school breakfast and lunch service, child and adult care food programs (CACFP), and elderly nutrition. States and municipalities tagged these opportunities with broader produce family and class codes (such as fresh-fruit procurement, vegetable supply, or comprehensive grocery categories) rather than narrowly with pomegranate specifications.

Across the 27 recent solicitations, school districts dominate as issuing bodies. Georgia counties—Bulloch, Bryan, Dougherty, Early, Glynn, Hancock, Henry, Liberty, and Muscogee—account for roughly one-third of the posted opportunities, reflecting aggressive annual refresh cycles for school nutrition contracts running July through June. Texas school districts (Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District) and a Georgia cooperative (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts statewide) also appear multiple times. Outside education, head start agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas), city public health departments (San Antonio Senior Services), and county nutrition programs (Santa Clara County detention food service) round out the issuer base. Geographic concentration is strongest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, California, and Mississippi. Recent opportunities cluster in the February-through-July window, driven by school-year procurement cycles. Representative solicitations include the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP for fresh produce and eggs (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026, estimated $5.5 million across two geographic areas), Glynn County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (IFB 27-02, due April 14, 2026, serving 16 school locations), and Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce (due March 11, 2026, estimated $600,000 annually). None of these solicitations emphasize pomegranates as a category or line item; instead, they list staple items such as apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, and strawberries, with occasional references to specialty or seasonal produce. The code shows no meaningful recent activity in pomegranate-specific procurement at the state or local level.