UNSPSC 50314206: Organic bearss limes

The variety of organic limes known as organic bearss limes

UNSPSC 50314206 Organic bearss limes is a Commodity code that represents fresh specialty citrus procurement for institutional food service, though recent state and local solicitations show little activity directly targeting this product. Instead, school districts and other public bodies are buying organic and conventional produce through broad fresh-fruit-and-vegetable family contracts that bundle citrus, apples, berries, leafy greens, and root vegetables into single awards. When citrus appears in recent school nutrition RFPs, it is specified as part of comprehensive 60–72-line-item produce portfolios rather than as a standalone category. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts—including independent and county systems—that operate child nutrition programs under the National School Lunch Program and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. State departments, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts do not appear in recent opportunities under this code. School districts that have posted multiple fresh-produce solicitations in the past six months include Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia), reflecting concentrated procurement activity among institutional food service buyers.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia and the Southeast, with secondary activity in Texas, Wisconsin, and Florida. The Douglas County School System's cooperative purchasing vehicle (GEC Buying Cooperative) serves 30 districts across two Georgia regions with an estimated combined annual spend of $5.5 million on fresh produce and eggs. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 (sealed bids due July 29, 2026) for petite bananas with an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 and weekly usage of 70–90 cases, and Glynn County Board of Education's IFB 27-02 (sealed bids due April 14, 2026) for fresh produce covering 60 line items to 16 school locations with annual quantities ranging from 750 to 5,900 units per item. Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) issued RFP 26039RFQDST for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with an estimated annual budget of $600,000 and a cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case structure. All recent solicitations emphasize Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, traceability documentation, product quality standards, and weekly delivery schedules; many include local-sourcing preferences (notably Austin ISD and Bartow County School System requiring produce within 400 miles) and organic product price preferences (Bartow County applying a $0.20-per-pound preference discount on organic items).