UNSPSC 50385525: Melogold orange purees

The variety of oranges known as melogold oranges which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50385525 Melogold orange purees is a Commodity code that captures canned and processed fruit products supplied to state institutions, school districts, and local health and human services facilities—though the recent solicitations show little activity specifically targeting orange purees. Instead, state and local buyers are procuring broader categories of canned and fresh fruit products, applesauce, dried fruit items, and fresh produce under codes near this one's nominal scope. The issuing bodies span state corrections departments, state health and human services commissions, independent school districts, county school boards, and municipal nutrition services across multiple states. Oregon's Department of Corrections has posted multiple invitations for canned applesauce (ITB S-29100-00017453 due July 31, 2026, and S2910000016975 due June 2, 2026), each requesting approximately 1,900 to 4,760 cases at roughly $21.84 per case historically; Texas Health and Human Services Commission has solicited supplemental food and consumables including canned goods statewide (HHS0016792 due March 19, 2026, and HHS0017449 due July 13, 2026); and school districts in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, and Virginia have posted requests for fresh produce, grocery items, and food products for child nutrition programs. Pricing on applesauce contracts has remained firm, with firms such as Robbins Sales and MJ Kellner holding prior awards in Oregon.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia, Texas) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with secondary activity in the Midwest (Missouri) and Northeast (Connecticut). School district procurement dominates the opportunity stream—Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, and Dallas Independent School District in Texas have all posted RFQs and IFBs for food items and fresh produce in the past four months. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for canned fruit applesauce (S2910000017453, due July 31, 2026, 4,760 cases at FOB destination with Oregon preferences), Austin Independent School District's RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (27RFP004, due July 16, 2026), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026, estimated prior annual value $1.5 million). Buy American and domestic-content preferences appear in most school district solicitations; state facilities procurement emphasizes firm fixed pricing, FOB destination delivery, and liability insurance minimums of $1 million to $2 million per occurrence.