UNSPSC 50307018: Jujube

The type of fruit known as jujube

UNSPSC 50307018 Jujube is a Commodity code that captures fresh produce supply and delivery to institutional food service operations, though the recent state and local procurement record shows no solicitations specifically naming jujubes. Instead, the code activity reflects broad fresh produce procurement spanning fresh fruits, vegetables, and related food items for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, child care programs, and regional parks. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city boards of education, county park authorities, and municipal human services divisions. Work solicited ranges from standing produce supply contracts for prison food warehouses and school nutrition programs to specialized local-sourcing arrangements emphasizing regional farms and from dedicated single-item buys (petite bananas, fresh fruit and vegetable snacks) to comprehensive multi-item grocery and fresh-produce packages meeting USDA, CACFP, and nutritional compliance requirements. Evaluation criteria commonly weight cost heavily (30–40 points), followed by vendor qualifications and compliance with food safety, quality, and delivery standards (15–35 points combined), with secondary weight on local sourcing, diverse-ownership status, and references.

State-level departments of corrections in Texas and Illinois appear frequently as repeat buyers, alongside multiple Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Early County) and Wisconsin school districts (Madison Metropolitan). Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Florida, and Mississippi. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice seeking fresh fruit and vegetable supply and delivery to food warehouses in Palestine and Snyder under solicitations IW267376 and IW267420 (proposals due October 19 and October 14, 2026, respectively); the Illinois Department of Corrections requesting fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside with a two-week delivery cycle and prevailing-wage compliance (quotes due September 3, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District issuing separate bids for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 annual estimated value, bids due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks from Wisconsin-sourced producers under a Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grant (bids due July 29, 2026, contingent on DPI grant approval); and Collier County Board of County Commissioners seeking a food-service operator for North Collier Regional Park concessions under an Invitation to Negotiate with local-vendor preference, three-year term, and evaluation weighting menu variety and operational plan at 35 points (proposals due March 6, 2025, though this date appears to be a source error). Buy American requirements, HACCP plans, liability and workers' compensation insurance, E-Verify compliance, and prevailing-wage certification appear consistently across institutional buyers.