UNSPSC 50306100: Quinces

The type of fruit known as quinces

UNSPSC 50306100 Quinces is a Class code that describes a narrow commodity—the fresh fruit itself—yet state and local procurement activity under this code centers on comprehensive food service procurement where quinces appear as one line item within much broader produce, grocery, or meal-program solicitations. The solicitations tagged to this code do not isolate quince purchases; instead, they bundle fresh produce across dozens or hundreds of line items serving school nutrition programs, child and adult care food programs, senior services, and institutional food operations. Issuing bodies span school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, multiple Georgia boards of education, Austin ISD in Texas), counties (Santa Clara in California, DeSoto and Muscogee in Georgia), cities (San Antonio, Bridgeport, Meriden, Salt Lake City, Edinburg), and regional cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts). No single buyer dominates the code; instead, school nutrition programs and child care food programs scattered across the South, Southwest, and Upper Midwest post the most recent activity, with Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Utah, and Wisconsin showing sustained procurement volume over the past four months.

Representative recent solicitations illustrate the scale and structure. Madison Metropolitan School District issued RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026) as a single-commodity bid and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (due July 29, 2026) as a broader produce scope—both tied to USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding and requiring Wisconsin-sourced or Wisconsin-adjacent produce within 400 miles. The City of Edinburg, Texas, posted RFP 2026017 for CACFP meal program supplies (due August 4, 2026) covering beverages, paper goods, food products, and janitorial supplies across five categories serving 400 children daily, with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 within 5 percent of the lowest bid. Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa issued RFP 26039RFPDST for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery (proposals due March 11, 2026, now past) to supply specialty produce to approximately 18 elementary schools on a cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case model with an estimated annual budget of $600,000 funded entirely by USDA grant. The GEC Buying Cooperative, representing 30 Georgia school districts, solicited fresh produce and eggs through RFP SN 26-004 (due March 4, 2026) on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis with estimated spending of approximately $5.5 million across two geographic areas. These procurements follow standard institutional patterns: line-item specifications with pack sizes and case quantities, delivery frequency (typically weekly or multiple times per week), temperature control and quality standards, Buy American requirements or domestic-preference scoring, HACCP and food safety documentation, insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million per occurrence, and contract terms of one to five years with optional renewal periods. No recent solicitation isolates quinces as a single-vendor commodity; the code appears to function as a tagging mechanism within larger fresh-produce and grocery buys where individual fruit and vegetable line items, including quinces where they appear, are evaluated as part of comprehensive meal-service awards to primary, secondary, or tertiary suppliers.