UNSPSC 50307500: Fresh fruit byproducts

By-products are created by the minimal processing that may occur to fresh fruits or vergetables.

UNSPSC 50307500 Fresh fruit byproducts, a Class code, encompasses fresh fruits and processed fruit items that state and local governments procure for school nutrition programs, child and adult care food programs, senior services, and institutional food services. Recent solicitations show school districts purchasing fresh produce—whole fruits, berries, apples, bananas, and specialty items—alongside processed or pre-packaged fruit products such as fruit cups, clamshells, and prepared snack packs. The buying base spans school districts of varying sizes, county boards of education, independent school districts, city departments operating food programs, and regional cooperative purchasing consortia. Notable repeat buyers include Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County), Texas districts (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD), and cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative (serving 30 Georgia districts) and Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut. School nutrition program sourcing dominates; procurement also includes USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program awards, CACFP meal service supply, and senior center produce distribution. Evaluation criteria typically weight cost at 30–50 percent, with quality, delivery reliability, food safety compliance, and vendor qualifications forming secondary scoring tiers. Buy American provisions are standard across most solicitations, with some districts applying local sourcing preferences (400-mile radius) or geographic preferences favoring domestic production.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, California, and Mississippi. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) RFP 26039RFPDST for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty fruits and vegetables to 18 elementary schools ($600,000 annual budget, proposals due March 11, 2026), and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 serving 30 Georgia districts across two areas with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million (proposals due March 4, 2026). DeSoto County School District (Mississippi) is procuring full and broken cartons of fresh produce on a cost-plus-fee model with 97 percent service-level requirements and bi-annual contract terms (bids due June 22, 2026). The volume and frequency of recent postings—over twenty opportunities in the past four months—signal sustained institutional procurement activity, with awards typically running July through June on annual or multi-year terms and most vendors required to hold $500,000–$2,000,000 in general liability and workers' compensation coverage.