UNSPSC 50306003: Liang ping yau pomelo

The variety of pomelos known as liang ping yau pomelo

UNSPSC 50306003 Liang ping yau pomelo is a Commodity code that frames fresh citrus fruit procurement, but the recent state and local opportunities in the source do not reflect purchases of this specific variety. Instead, the opportunities show substantial ongoing demand from school districts, child nutrition programs, and local government food services for fresh produce procurement broadly—including citrus fruits, but spanning apples, bananas, berries, vegetables, and specialty items—delivered regularly to institutional cafeterias and nutrition centers. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with additional activity from city and county nutrition departments, Head Start programs, and correctional facilities. Georgia school districts post the highest concentration of recent solicitations, followed by Texas school systems, Florida districts, Connecticut districts, and scattered activity across California, Oregon, and other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas due July 29, 2026, the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items due June 30, 2026, the McAllen Independent School District RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce across 31 campuses due March 6, 2026, and the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 Georgia school districts with proposals due March 4, 2026, estimated at $5.5 million annually.

The code shows little recent activity specifically targeting pomelo. Citrus fruit appears incidentally within broad produce procurements—for example, the Hancock County Board of Education IFB #SN002-2027 lists citrus among 200+ fresh produce items, and the Glynn County Board of Education IFB 27-02 requests produce deliveries that include citrus, but neither procurement isolates pomelo as a line item. The broader fresh produce market under this and related codes remains active and fragmented across dozens of jurisdictions, with weekly or bi-weekly deliveries, domestic-sourcing preferences, HACCP compliance requirements, and evaluation weighting toward cost (typically 30–50 points), product quality and availability (15–30 points), and service delivery (15–25 points). Buy American provisions, local-vendor preferences, and school nutrition program compliance dominate specification language. Pursuit viability depends on vendor capacity for refrigerated distribution to multiple school sites, ability to meet USDA food safety standards, and competitive pricing on commodity-grade fresh fruit—not on specialized pomelo sourcing.