UNSPSC 50315510: Organic royal brillante persimmons

The variety of organic persimmons known as organic royal brillante persimmons

UNSPSC 50315510 Organic royal brillante persimmons (Commodity) is a niche agricultural product that state and local governments procure through school nutrition programs and institutional food service, though recent solicitation activity shows little direct demand for this specific commodity. Instead, school districts are actively buying fresh produce broadly—including multiple apple varieties, bananas, berries, root vegetables, citrus, leafy greens, peppers, and tomatoes—through RFPs, RFBs, and IFBs to supply school lunch and breakfast programs, federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs, and farm-to-school initiatives. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education across the Southeast and Texas, with occasional state-level procurement; repeat buyers include Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia, through the GEC Buying Cooperative). Evaluation criteria across these opportunities consistently weight cost (30–50 percent), product quality and availability (15–30 percent), vendor qualifications and experience (10–20 percent), and service reliability including on-time delivery performance and HACCP compliance (10–20 percent). Districts increasingly require Buy American certification, USDA compliance, HACCP plans, traceability documentation, mock recall procedures, and domestic produce sourcing preferences; some enforce geographic preferences (sourcing within 50–400 miles) or apply price discounts for organic or locally grown products.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with notable solicitations from Madison, Wisconsin and McAllen, Texas. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026), Madison Metropolitan's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks requiring Wisconsin sourcing within 400 miles (5,900 servings weekly, due July 29, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 contract, due June 26, 2026), Bulloch County School District's RFP for locally grown produce within 200 miles (24 items including watermelons, apples, persimmons, and citrus, due May 4, 2026), Glynn County Board of Education's IFB 27-02 for fresh produce across 60 line items to 16 school locations (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, due April 14, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's RFP through GEC Buying Cooperative covering 72 produce line items serving 30 school districts across two Georgia areas ($5.5 million combined estimated annual spending, due March 4, 2026). Persimmons appear explicitly in the Bulloch County scope; no other recent opportunity names them. The code shows minimal targeted activity for organic royal brillante persimmons specifically, signaling a mismatch between the commodity's narrow definition and actual school nutrition procurement, which treats fresh produce generically and purchases competitively across many varieties and suppliers.