UNSPSC 50325101: Dried green cooking papayas

The variety of papayas known as green cooking papayas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50325101 Dried green cooking papayas, a Commodity code, does not reflect meaningful recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a single produce item—dried green papayas used in cooking—but state and local governments procuring through this code are actually buying broad categories of fresh and frozen produce, proteins, grains, and prepared foods for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and other institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations posting under this code span fresh apple varieties, berries, cruciferous vegetables, root vegetables, citrus fruits, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes, specialty produce including fresh papayas and other fruits, dried fruits, nuts, dairy products, proteins, grains, and miscellaneous staple items in volumes reaching hundreds of line items per contract. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Hancock County Schools, Bridgeport Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System all appear multiple times—alongside state food-service procurement (Georgia, Texas), county corrections (Santa Clara County), and state corrections (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). Contracts are structured as annual term agreements with sealed-bid Invitations for Bid (IFB) or Requests for Proposal (RFP), typically running July 1 through June 30 with renewal options, Buy American compliance required at 51 percent domestic content for processed products, and firm fixed pricing inclusive of delivery.

Recent geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County, statewide procurement), Texas (TDCJ facilities statewide, Texas Comptroller procurement), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), with additional activity in Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), and California (Santa Clara County). Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools Nutrition requesting fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year under IFB #SN002-2027 with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, spanning over 200 line items of fresh and specialty produce including papayas and requiring HACCP plans and firm pricing through June 30, 2027; Fairfax County Public Schools issuing IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 supply and delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with bids due April 27, 2026, requiring minimum 76-item responsiveness and nine-month shelf life; Rockwood R-VI School District issuing procurement for over 900 grocery line items for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 with electronic bid submission due April 29, 2026; and Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 cafeteria food line items with response due May 4, 2026 (extended from April 21). The code shows sustained activity but does not cleanly track commodity-level demand—the mismatch between the code name and actual procurement scope suggests that issuing bodies are using the broader code family (50000000 Food and Beverage Products) or class-level codes (such as 50200000 Fresh Produce or 50100000 Meat, Poultry, and Seafood) as catch-all tags for multi-category institutional food solicitations rather than coding to the specific commodity line.