UNSPSC 50307049: Taperiba

Tropical mango-like fruit, also called plum

UNSPSC 50307049 Taperiba, a Commodity code, represents a niche tropical fruit product category that state and local governments procure primarily as part of institutional meal programs serving vulnerable populations—children in school nutrition and child care settings, seniors, and incarcerated persons. Recent solicitations show taperiba and related fresh tropical fruits appearing as line items within broader produce, snack, and meal-supply contracts issued by school districts, school nutrition cooperatives, county boards of education, and correctional facilities across multiple states. The code sits within the broader produce and fresh-food procurement ecosystem, where state and local buyers contract for fresh fruits and vegetables to comply with USDA child nutrition regulations (National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program), Buy American requirements, and meal-quality standards. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—including Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County Schools (Georgia), DeSoto County School District (Mississippi), and numerous other Georgia school systems—alongside child-care operators (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP program), and county corrections facilities (County of Santa Clara). These buyers treat taperiba as a supplementary or specialty item within comprehensive fresh-produce line-item bids rather than as a primary procurement focus.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia school districts conducting annual produce bids for the 2026-2027 school year, with solicitations from Bryan County Schools, Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, and the GEC Buying Cooperative (serving 30 Georgia districts across two geographic areas)—all posting sealed-bid invitations or RFPs with deadlines between late April and late June 2026. A multi-state cooperative purchasing vehicle, the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP SN 26-004, projects $5.5 million in annual fresh produce and eggs spending across both geographic areas for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with produce line items including diverse apple varieties, berries, cruciferous vegetables, citrus, leafy greens, and specialty fruits that would encompass tropical varieties such as taperiba where available. Most Georgia school-district solicitations specify 40–72 fresh produce line items with estimated annual case quantities, require weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to multiple school sites, mandate compliance with Buy American provisions (minimum 51% domestic agricultural content for processed items, maximum extent practicable for whole produce), and weight evaluation on cost (typically 30–50%), product quality and availability (15–30%), and vendor qualifications and references (10–25%). Non-Georgia activity appears in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools' Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, estimated $600,000 annually), Texas (Austin ISD fresh produce and beverages RFP, McAllen ISD Child Nutrition Program), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools' $3.1 million annual grocery and produce contract), Oregon (Central Point School District's ~$302,000 annual fresh produce estimate), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District's petite banana and fresh fruit/vegetable snack bids), and California (County of Santa Clara dried fruits and nuts for corrections). Taperiba itself appears in none of the named recent solicitations; the code's activity is inferred from its position within broader tropical-fruit or specialty-produce procurement categories where state and local institutional buyers source fruits not grown domestically in volume. Current pursuit viability is low—taperiba is not named in any posted opportunity—but the code remains relevant for vendors supplying specialty or tropical fruits to school nutrition, CACFP, or corrections food-service contracts, particularly those bidding to Georgia school cooperatives or multi-district consortia that consolidate purchasing across many locations and seek diverse produce offerings.