UNSPSC 50312601: Organic buddha's hand citrons

The variety of organic citrons known as organic buddha's hand citrons

UNSPSC 50312601 Organic buddha's hand citrons (Commodity) shows minimal recent activity focused on school food service procurement. State and local governments soliciting under this code are primarily school districts purchasing fresh produce for child nutrition programs, though the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations specifically for organic buddha's hand citrons or even this specialty citrus variety. Instead, the available records show school districts across Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin bidding for broad fresh-produce supply contracts that enumerate dozens of common fruits and vegetables—apples, bananas, berries, melons, citrus staples like oranges and grapefruits, and leafy greens—as part of annual or multi-year National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program procurement. The code's narrow scope (organic buddha's hand citrons specifically) does not align with the generalist produce solicitations that dominate recent state and local activity in this commodity family.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, where school districts including Hancock County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County, and the Douglas County School System (through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts) have posted sealed-bid and RFP solicitations for fresh produce with response dates clustered between March and June 2026. Texas school districts including Austin Independent School District and McAllen Independent School District; school systems in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District) and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools); and Georgia's state government have also issued produce solicitations. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026, $78,000 estimated annual value) and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts (March 4, 2026 response date, approximately $5.5 million combined annual spending). Vendors pursuing this code should note that school districts typically evaluate on lowest responsive bid, require HACCP plans, Buy American compliance, liability insurance, and delivery to multiple school sites on fixed weekly schedules—and that specialty or organic produce variants are rarely itemized separately in published bids, suggesting limited current demand at the Commodity level for organic buddha's hand citrons specifically.