UNSPSC 50307213: Kalamata olives

The variety of olives known as kalamata olives

UNSPSC 50307213 Kalamata olives is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code buy food items to support institutional meal programs—school nutrition, corrections facilities, state hospitals, and community food service operations. The recent opportunities show that olives and pickled vegetables appear incidentally within broader food procurement categories rather than as standalone line items; kalamata olives do not feature prominently in the solicitations reviewed. When present, they are part of larger food-service contracts covering proteins, produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and staple items required to meet USDA Child Nutrition standards, Buy American compliance, and child welfare regulations. Issuing bodies span state health and human services agencies, state departments of corrections, county boards of education, city school systems, and regional cooperative purchasing consortia. The code shows minimal standalone recent activity; kalamata olives are subsumed within general grocery and food-supply procurements rather than solicited as a discrete commodity.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia, Texas, Oregon, and Connecticut, where school districts and state agencies conduct regular food procurements for nutrition programs. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0016792 (February 2026, extended deadline February 23, 2026) for supplemental food and consumables across state hospitals and living centers statewide, encompassing 210 line items with a maximum potential contract value of $4.5 million over three years; the Houston County School District ITB 27-001 (March 13, 2026, due April 17, 2026) for direct delivery of food, paper, and chemicals serving 39 schools and 31,000 students with an estimated annual value of $14 million; and the Dougherty County Board of Education IFB 006-SNS-2027 (April 13, 2026, due May 19, 2026) for groceries supporting the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs across 22 school sites. These opportunities emphasize firm fixed pricing, domestic-content compliance, HACCP certification, liability insurance ($500,000 to $1 million minimum), delivery frequency and temperature control, and award on a line-item basis to multiple vendors. The code itself does not support sufficient standalone activity to guide focused pursuit; business development effort is better directed to broader grocery and food-supply family codes where olives appear as component items within institutional meal-service contracts.