UNSPSC 50307014: Hawthorn

The type of fruit known as hawthorn

UNSPSC 50307014 Hawthorn Commodity code captures a narrow and highly specialized fresh produce category that state and local governments rarely procure directly—the source shows no recent opportunities for hawthorn specifically. Instead, the recent activity under this code's tier shows state and local food service programs (school districts, child care facilities, senior centers, and correctional facilities across Texas, Florida, Georgia, Connecticut, Oregon, and California) soliciting fresh produce broadly, with bananas, apples, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, and seasonal fruits and vegetables dominating the line items. When hawthorn does appear in institutional food service, it surfaces as a minor specialty item within comprehensive fresh-produce bids rather than as a standalone procurement category. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs (Madison Metropolitan School District, Hillsborough County Public Schools, multiple Georgia school districts), child care food program operators (City of Edinburg, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and county school boards, with occasional procurement by municipalities (City of San Antonio senior services, County of Santa Clara correctional food services) and special-purpose buying cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts).

Recent opportunities under broader fresh-produce codes show school districts and food service programs across the Southeast, Texas, and Pacific Northwest conducting sealed-bid and RFP procurements for annual or multi-year produce supply contracts, typically with July start dates and weighted evaluation criteria emphasizing cost (30–50 points), product quality and availability (15–30 points), delivery reliability (10–20 points), and vendor qualifications or experience (10–20 points). Representative examples include the Madison Metropolitan School District's sealed-bid RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (5,900 servings weekly, sourced within 400 miles of Madison, due July 29, 2026); the Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFPDST for specialty produce delivery to 18 elementary schools in the FFVP (estimated $600,000 annual budget, due March 11, 2026); and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 serving 30 Georgia school districts across two geographic areas with approximately $5.5 million combined annual spending (due March 4, 2026). Hawthorn as a commodity does not appear as a standalone line item or significant volume category in any of these solicitations; business development pursuit under this code would require either a direct approach to institutional buyers with specialized ethnic or heritage-food menu programs or positioning within broader produce-distribution relationships where hawthorn could be offered as a specialty addition to standard institutional procurement bundles.