UNSPSC 50306904: Oratia red tamarillo

The variety of tamarillo known as oratia red tamarillo

UNSPSC 50306904 Oratia red tamarillo is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single tropical fruit variety, but state and local government procurement under this code shows minimal recent activity aligned with the code's narrow scope. The source contains no recent solicitations specifically for oratia red tamarillo or tamarillo products of any kind. Instead, the code is tagged to a large portfolio of school nutrition, senior services, and child care food procurement opportunities across multiple states—including school district RFPs and IFBs for comprehensive fresh produce, grocery items, eggs, dried fruits and nuts, and complete food service supply contracts. These opportunities span school districts in Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, California, and other jurisdictions, but none of the representative recent solicitations (issued between January and July 2026) name tamarillo or oratia red tamarillo as a line item or specification requirement. The code appears to be a misclassification or a catch-all tag applied to broad food procurement rather than a specific commodity being actively sourced.

State and local purchasing offices issuing under this code include school districts (Austin ISD, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Madison Metropolitan, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Henry County, Glynn County, McAllen ISD, and dozens of others), county school systems and boards of education, city school nutrition programs (Meriden Public Schools, Bridgeport Board of Education), senior services divisions (City of San Antonio), child care programs (City of Edinburg, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and cooperative purchasing consortia (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia districts). Recent representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, 2026-2027 contract year, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks requiring Wisconsin-sourced produce within 400 miles (5,900 weekly servings, September–November 2026, RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for fresh specialty fruits and vegetables for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program ($600,000 annual estimated value, 18 elementary schools, proposals due March 11, 2026); and Muscogee County School District's ITB for produce items evaluated against USDA Fruit and Vegetable Market News Index pricing (approximately 60 line items, August 2026–July 2027 contract, sealed bids due April 27, 2026). The code shows heaviest activity in Georgia (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Dougherty County, Bartow County, Hancock County, DeSoto County, and GEC Cooperative districts), with secondary clusters in Texas (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, City of Edinburg, Head Start of Greater Dallas), Florida (Hillsborough), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), and single opportunities in Connecticut, Oregon, and California. Because no posted solicitation specifically targets oratia red tamarillo and the code appears misapplied to broad fresh produce and grocery procurement, pursuit under this specific code is not recommended; pursue instead the Family-level or Class-level fresh produce categories under which the actual school and institutional food service opportunities are being solicited.