UNSPSC 50305908: Wonderful pommegranates

The variety of pommegranates known as wonderful pommegranates

UNSPSC 50305908 Wonderful pomegranates, a Commodity code, encompasses fresh fruit supply to state and local government institutions — primarily correctional facilities, school districts, mental health centers, senior services programs, and child care operations. State and local buyers source pomegranates and other fresh produce as line items within broader food-service contracts, though the recent opportunity block shows no solicitations explicitly naming pomegranates as a standalone commodity. Instead, the code appears tagged to a broader fresh-produce category where pomegranates would be one item among dozens of fruit and vegetable varieties specified by the buying agency. Issuing bodies include state corrections and mental health departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county school nutrition programs (Hancock County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Early County in Georgia; DeSoto County in Mississippi), city school districts (Madison Metropolitan in Wisconsin; Bridgeport in Connecticut), special-purpose child-care operations (Head Start of Greater Dallas), and senior services divisions (City of San Antonio). The work involves weekly to bi-weekly delivery of fresh produce in case quantities to centralized warehouses or direct school and facility sites, with vendors responsible for product freshness, HACCP compliance, temperature-controlled transport, and often same-price substitution within 24 hours if items arrive damaged.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi. Representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetables to a correctional facility in Palestine, Texas (due October 19, 2026, via the TDCJ Procurement Portal); Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison and Wisconsin, serving approximately 5,900 weekly servings to elementary students (bids due July 29, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items across apple varieties, berries, root vegetables, melons, and specialty items for three school locations (bids due June 26, 2026); and Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced from farms within 400 miles (proposals due June 22, 2026, with award anticipated July 20, 2026). School districts and corrections departments dominate the issuing-body mix, with geographic preference for domestic sourcing increasingly common in recent bids and locational filters (400-mile radius) appearing in Wisconsin and Georgia solicitations.