UNSPSC 50305905: Pat's red pommegranates

The variety of pommegranates known as pat's red pommegranates

UNSPSC 50305905 Pat's red pomegranates is a Commodity code that in practice encompasses fresh produce supply and delivery to institutional food service operations — primarily correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, mental health facilities, and parks — rather than pomegranates specifically. State and local procurement offices issue opportunities under this code for fresh fruit and vegetable contracts serving cafeteria operations, nutrition programs, and food service concessions, with deliveries ranging from bi-weekly standing orders to weekly service across multiple sites. The issuing bodies span Texas and Illinois state departments (Department of Criminal Justice, Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health), school districts across Georgia, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Connecticut, county governments, cities, and special-purpose nutrition organizations including Head Start programs, senior services divisions, and food coalitions. Contracts typically require compliance with USDA nutrition standards, HACCP food safety plans, and prevailing wage or domestic-sourcing provisions where applicable; evaluation criteria weight cost heavily (30–40 percent), with secondary emphasis on product quality, delivery reliability, and experience.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and the Midwest. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple solicitations for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to food warehouses serving correctional facilities (Snyder, Wynne, and Palestine locations, with proposals due October 14–19, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections solicited fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center with a small business set-aside (due September 3, 2026); and Georgia school districts including Bryan County, Dougherty County, Early County, Hancock County, and Bartow County have posted sealed-bid and RFP opportunities for fresh produce spanning 40–200+ line items with contract terms running July 2026–June 2027 (bids due May–June 2026). Non-school procurements include the City of San Antonio's RFP for produce market operations and produce box distribution at 15 senior center sites (due May 27, 2026) and the Illinois Department of Mental Health's small-purchase procurement for fresh fruits and vegetables at Madden Mental Health Center with weekly deliveries (due August 14, 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District issued two separate RFBs for petite bananas (estimated $78,000 annual value, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with Wisconsin-sourcing preference (due July 29, 2026). School district opportunities routinely impose Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic commodity content, F.O.B. Destination pricing with no fuel surcharges, and 97–98 percent fill-rate commitments; several include local or regional sourcing preferences (400-mile radius in Wisconsin and Georgia programs) and diverse-business-status scoring weight.