UNSPSC 50306008: Wainwright pomelo

The variety of pomelos known as wainwright pomelo

UNSPSC 50306008 Wainwright pomelo, a Commodity code, nominally identifies a single citrus fruit, but the recent state and local opportunities in the source reflect no demand for pomelos specifically. Instead, the code has been applied to solicitations spanning broad fresh produce supply — mixed fruits and vegetables, prepared produce items, and produce aggregation for institutional food service — across correctional facilities, school districts, senior services, health care facilities, and parks departments. The work solicited ranges from bulk produce delivery to distribution facilities and individual school sites (weekly or bi-weekly shipment of apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, berries, and leafy greens) to ready-to-eat processed produce for child nutrition programs to specialty local-farm sourcing within specified geographic radii. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health (Texas, Illinois), school nutrition programs across multiple states (Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, Connecticut, Mississippi), county boards of education, municipal parks departments, Head Start agencies, and other special-purpose districts serving child care, senior services, and institutional populations. The code does not appear to reflect pomelo procurement; instead, it serves as a catch-all taxonomy marker for fresh-produce commodity categories that state and local buyers tag inconsistently or that fall outside more granular commodity codes.

The geographic concentration centers on Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice fresh-produce supplies to Palestine, Snyder, and Wynne facilities), Georgia (Bartow County Schools local-farm produce, Hancock County Schools fresh-produce, Dougherty County Schools produce, Bryan County Schools produce, and Early County Schools multi-category food), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District petite bananas and Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program snacks), and Illinois (Department of Mental Health Madden Mental Health Center fresh fruits and vegetables, Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center fresh produce). Additional activity spans Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education grocery items including fresh produce), Mississippi (DeSoto County School District fresh produce distribution), and Texas municipal entities (City of Edinburg CACFP meal program produce, City of San Antonio senior-center produce markets, Head Start of Greater Dallas frozen and fresh produce procurement). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetables delivery to Palestine (due October 19, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for fresh produce bi-weekly delivery to Joliet Treatment Center with a small-business set-aside (due September 3, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas at an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 (due July 29, 2026), and Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (due June 22, 2026). The code shows sustained but dispersed activity across institutional food service; the mismatch between the nominal pomelo scope and actual buying signals low relevance to pomelo-specific suppliers and higher relevance to regional produce distributors serving the school-nutrition and correctional-facilities segments.