UNSPSC 50307209: Cracked provencal olives

The variety of olives known as cracked provencal olives

UNSPSC 50307209 Cracked provencal olives (Commodity) does not match the work state and local governments are actually buying under this code's recent solicitations. The opportunities tagged with this code reflect broad food procurement for school nutrition programs, institutional feeding, and municipal grocery operations—spanning proteins, produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and consumable supplies—rather than the specialized item the code nominates. State and local procurement under 50307209 in practice encompasses general food service distribution to schools, corrections facilities, healthcare institutions, and community nutrition programs, where olives appear only as one minor line item among hundreds in larger food supply contracts. Issuing bodies include school districts (Tattnall County, Candler County, Colquitt County, Effingham County, Richmond County, Lamar County, Houston County, Dougherty County, and Douglas County in Georgia; Bridgeport in Connecticut), state agencies (Texas HHSC/DSHS, Oregon Department of Corrections), and municipal entities (City of Edinburg, Texas; Invest Atlanta). The code sees concentrated recent activity in Georgia, with multiple school-district IFBs and RFPs posted in April through July 2026, and secondary activity in Texas (state health and corrections facilities) and Oregon (corrections food service). Geographic scope spans the Southeast (particularly Georgia), Texas, Connecticut, and the Pacific Northwest, with school nutrition programs representing the dominant buyer category.

Representative recent solicitations include the City of Edinburg CACFP Meal Program (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) seeking five supply categories—beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items—for 400 children daily with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code 271.9051; Houston County School District's direct-delivery food and warehouse procurement (ITBs 27-001 and 27-002, due April 17 and April 16, 2026) valued at approximately $14 million annually for 350,000 cases across approximately 39 schools; and Texas HHSC's supplemental food and consumables statewide IFB (HHS0016792, due March 19, 2026) covering 210 line items across state hospitals and supported living centers statewide with a maximum contract value of $4.5 million over three years. Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 (due February 18, 2026) sought a main-line distributor for approximately 32,000 meals daily with estimated annual spending of $9 million. Most school-district procurements emphasize Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent U.S. agricultural content), CACFP and NSLP nutrition standards, firm fixed pricing with limited escalation clauses tied to USDA or Bureau of Labor Statistics indices, weekly or daily deliveries to multiple school sites, and compliance with state debarment, E-Verify, and food safety (HACCP) requirements. No set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises are identified in the recent opportunities; Georgia school districts commonly apply in-county or in-state vendor preferences as tie-breakers.