UNSPSC 50307045: Guaba

Type of fruit known as guaba

UNSPSC 50307045 Guaba, a Commodity code, represents fresh tropical fruit procurement for state and local child nutrition and food service programs. Recent solicitations show school districts, county school systems, city education departments, and child care agencies buying fresh produce—including bananas, apples, berries, and other produce staples—under this and related fresh-fruit codes. State and local buyers treat guaba and commodity fruit codes interchangeably in practice; the recent activity block contains no solicitations explicitly naming guaba but instead shows heavy procurement volume across fresh produce, fresh fruit, and produce-family codes reflecting institutional food service needs. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs (Madison Metropolitan School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, Bryan County Schools), followed by city and county departments managing child and senior nutrition services (City of Edinburg, City of San Antonio Department of Human Services, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and regional buying cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia districts). Work being solicited includes weekly or bi-weekly fresh fruit delivery to school sites, senior centers, and child care facilities, with strict compliance to CACFP regulations, USDA Buy American provisions (51% domestic content for processed items), HACCP plans, and temperature-controlled transport. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 annual value, due July 29, 2026) and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts (estimated $5.5 million combined annual spending across two geographic areas, due March 4, 2026).

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia, with multiple school districts (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bartow County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Early County, Henry County, and the statewide GEC cooperative) soliciting fresh produce in recent months, followed by Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, City of Edinburg, Head Start of Greater Dallas), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Connecticut (City of Meriden), Georgia (statewide), and scattered activity in Oregon, California, and Mississippi. Most solicitations run procurement cycles from March through June with July 1 contract starts aligned to fiscal-year timing. Evaluation weights typically emphasize cost (30–50 points), product quality and delivery reliability (15–25 points), and vendor qualifications and experience (15–25 points). Insurance requirements are standard ($500,000 to $2 million general liability), and set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises are generally absent from the recent block, though some solicitations encourage small and minority-owned business participation without designation.