UNSPSC 50316102: Organic pineapple quince

The variety of organic quince known as organic pineapple quince

UNSPSC 50316102 Organic pineapple quince (Commodity) shows minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—organic tropical and subtropical fruit—does not align with the recent opportunities posted under this classification. School districts and county education boards across Georgia, Florida, and Texas have tagged nine fresh-produce solicitations with this code since February 2026, but the work being solicited is overwhelmingly conventional fresh produce for child nutrition programs: petite bananas, mixed fruits and vegetables, apples, berries, root vegetables, citrus, and eggs supplied to school cafeterias under the National School Lunch Program and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. None of the recent opportunities explicitly request organic pineapples, quince, or specialty tropical fruit varieties. The code classification appears to be a tagging error by the issuing bodies rather than an accurate reflection of the commodity families actually being procured.

The issuing-body mix consists entirely of school districts and county boards of education, with Georgia district boards (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, and Douglas County School System/GEC Cooperative) dominating recent activity, along with Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida and Austin and McAllen independent school districts in Texas. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia, with secondary activity in Florida and Texas. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 fresh-produce line items (due June 26, 2026, with annual contract value estimated at approximately $4.4 million for the GEC cooperative's Area One), and Austin Independent School District's RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages (due March 11, 2026). Vendors responding to opportunities under this code should expect to bid conventional school-nutrition produce on an annual fixed-price or cost-plus model, with delivery to multiple school sites, HACCP documentation, Buy American compliance, and strict quality and temperature-control requirements—not specialty or certified-organic tropical fruit.