UNSPSC 50307040: Araza

Type of fruit known as araza

UNSPSC 50307040 Araza, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product category that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition and child care food service programs. Recent solicitations show araza itself appearing minimally in recent state and local opportunities; instead, the code sits within a broader ecosystem of fresh fruit and vegetable procurement where school districts, state agencies, and child care providers source produce staples. When araza or similar specialty tropical fruits appear in solicitations, they are typically bundled with broader fresh fruit line items within larger food service contracts rather than procured as standalone commodities.

School districts and child care programs across the South and Southwest dominate recent procurement activity under codes aligned with this commodity tier. The City of Edinburg, Texas' CACFP meal program (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026) and Head Start of Greater Dallas' grocery procurement (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026) illustrate the institutional customer base: municipalities, school nutrition departments, and federal child care programs treating fresh produce procurement as a line-item category within comprehensive food service contracts. Madison Metropolitan School District's petite banana bid (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026) and multiple Georgia school district fresh produce solicitations (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County, Bulloch County) show consistent demand for branded produce varieties at fixed specifications, with annual contracts valued in the $78,000 to $600,000 range. Geographic concentration is heavy in the Southeast (Georgia in particular), South Texas, and the Upper Midwest, though school district procurement spans all states. Evaluation criteria across these opportunities weight cost competitively (30–50 points), product quality and compliance (15–30 points), and delivery reliability and service capability (15–25 points), with Buy American domestic-sourcing requirements and HACCP food safety compliance as standard conditions. Set-asides and diversity preferences appear selectively; several solicitations note 5% local-vendor or diverse-owned-business preferences but do not restrict competition to designated categories.