UNSPSC 50307024: Pepinos

The type of fruit known as pepinos

UNSPSC 50307024 Pepinos (Commodity) represents a narrow produce category that state and local governments procure as part of broader food service contracts for schools, child care programs, senior services, and detention facilities. Recent solicitations show that pepinos are rarely bought as standalone line items; instead, they appear embedded within comprehensive fresh-produce procurements serving institutional meal programs. The City of Edinburg, Texas, for example, included pepinos among a broader array of fruits and vegetables in its CACFP meal program RFP, and several Georgia school districts—including Glynn County, Dougherty County, and Hancock County—list pepinos alongside dozens of other produce items in annual school nutrition produce bids. State and local issuing bodies under this code span school districts (the dominant buyer type), county boards of education, municipal child nutrition programs, and special-purpose food service agencies. School districts consistently appear as repeat buyers, with produce contracts issued annually to support National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program compliance; secondary buyers include CACFP-funded child care providers and county detention facilities.

The geographic footprint of recent activity is concentrated in the Southeast and South—Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, and other states with active school nutrition procurement cycles. Representative recent opportunities include the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) specifying pepinos alongside melons, citrus, and berries for 2026–27 school year delivery; the Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed-bid procurement for 40 produce line items (bids due June 16, 2026) serving 24 school nutrition sites; and the City of Edinburg's RFP for CACFP meal-program supplies (due August 4, 2026) requiring daily deliver to approximately 400 children. Evaluation criteria across these procurements consistently weight cost at 30–40 percent and product quality, vendor experience, and delivery reliability at 20–30 percent combined. Buy American provisions and HACCP compliance are standard, and most contracts run July 1 through June 30 with optional multi-year renewals. Pepinos typically qualify as a secondary or specialty item rather than a volume driver; procurement officers pursue this code primarily when sourcing year-round fresh-produce distribution agreements, not when targeting pepinos as a discrete commodity.