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, covers the procurement of fresh fruits and vegetables delivered to correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, mental health institutions, parks, and child care programs. State and local governments buying under this code are sourcing produce for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, correctional dietary operations, child and adult care food programs (CACFP), senior center meal services, and facility-based dining. The issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, county and city school districts, state mental health departments, county boards of education, cities and counties operating senior services and parks, and Head Start organizations. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple procurements under this code for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to food warehouses serving multiple facilities; school districts across Georgia, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, Illinois, and Texas are soliciting produce regularly for National School Lunch Program and breakfast service; correctional and mental health agencies in Illinois and Texas are seeking weekly or bi-weekly fresh produce deliveries; and municipal agencies in Texas, Florida, and other states are procuring produce for child care and senior center meal programs.

Procurements under this code concentrate heavily in the South and Midwest, with significant recent activity in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County) account for a substantial share of recent bids due June–July 2026 for school-year produce supplies. Texas entities — including TDCJ (with solicitations IW267376, IW267420, IW267411 due October 2026), Head Start of Greater Dallas (with an estimated contract value of $969,460.94, bids due June 24, 2026), and municipal agencies in Edinburg and San Antonio — are actively procuring. Wisconsin's Madison Metropolitan School District posted bids for petite bananas (RFB 4162, estimated at $78,000 annually, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026) with local-sourcing and diversity preferences. Illinois Department of Corrections (Joliet Treatment Center, solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026, with a small business set-aside) and Illinois Department of Mental Health (Madden Mental Health Center, solicitation 27444DHSMENTHB53608, due August 14, 2026) issued small-purchase procurements. Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education, BNB052266, due June 30, 2026, with 1,100+ grocery line items including produce) and Florida (Collier County Parks and Recreation, ITN for North Collier Regional Park concessions with local-vendor 10-point preference, due March 6, 2025) have also posted opportunities. Buy American provisions, prevailing wage compliance, HACCP plans, and local-sourcing preferences are common requirements; diversity and small-business set-asides appear in multiple Georgia school solicitations and Illinois state procurements.