UNSPSC 50310000: Organic fresh fruits

Fruits that have been grown handled and transported in a manner that qualifies them to be certified as organic

UNSPSC 50310000 Organic fresh fruits is a Family code spanning procurement of fresh fruit for institutional food service operations, with recent activity concentrated on school nutrition programs acquiring everything from petite bananas and specialty produce for student snacks to comprehensive weekly produce deliveries across multi-school districts. State and local buyers under this code include school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bartow County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, McAllen Independent, Austin Independent, Douglas County), county boards of education, and specialized institutions such as sheriff departments and penal systems. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with many districts issuing multiple RFQs, RFBs, and IFBs annually to support child nutrition and USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program requirements; the Douglas County School System represents a significant multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicle managing aggregate spend exceeding $5 million across 30 participating districts across two geographic areas in Georgia.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia and Texas, with representative recent opportunities including Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026; estimated annual value $78,000) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks requiring Wisconsin-sourced produce (due July 29, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 fresh produce line items covering apples, berries, and specialty items for the 2026-27 school year (due June 26, 2026), Glynn County Board of Education's fresh produce procurement to 16 school locations (IFB 27-02, due April 14, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP for produce and eggs across 30 districts (due March 4, 2026; Areas One and Two estimated at $4.4 million and $1.1 million respectively). Typical procurement structures require weekly delivery, HACCP certification, food safety documentation, Buy American compliance, domestic sourcing preferences or local-mileage restrictions in Farm to School initiatives, and competitive pricing against USDA market reports; evaluation often weights cost at 40 percent with product quality, vendor qualifications, and service performance comprising the remainder. Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 with optional renewal terms of one to four years, and district scale ranges from single-vendor to multi-vendor line-item awards.