UNSPSC 50315829: Organic empress plums

The variety of organic plums known as organic empress plums

UNSPSC 50315829 Organic empress plums (Commodity) shows minimal alignment between the code's nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains no solicitations for organic empress plums or any specialty plum varieties. The recent opportunities instead span fresh produce procurement broadly—bananas, apples, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, citrus fruits, and mixed fresh-produce baskets—across school nutrition programs, farm-to-school initiatives, and food service supply contracts. State and local issuing bodies posting under this code include school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, McAllen Independent, Austin Independent, Douglas County), state purchasing offices (Georgia), and transit authorities or special-purpose districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools). The geographic spread centers on Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Bartow County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County), with additional activity in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), Texas (McAllen Independent, Austin Independent), and Florida (Hillsborough County).

The code does not reflect actual recent procurement demand. Representative opportunities illustrate the mismatch: Madison Metropolitan School District issued RFB 4162 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) for petite bananas, not plums, with annual contract value of $78,000 and weekly usage of 70–90 cases; Hancock County Board of Education posted IFB #SN002-2027 (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) for over 200 line items of mixed fresh produce including apples, berries, and leafy greens; and Bulloch County School District issued an Invitation for Proposal (posted April 3, 2026, due May 4, 2026) seeking 24 produce items including watermelons, strawberries, and citrus varieties within a farm-to-school program. No solicitation in the source names organic empress plums or specialty plum procurement. The code assignment appears to be a classification error; firms pursuing school nutrition supply contracts should monitor the broader fresh-produce family codes rather than expect activity under this narrow commodity designation.