UNSPSC 50385604: Mountain papaya purees

The variety of papayas known as mountain papayas which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50385604 Mountain papaya purees is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure mountain papaya purees as part of broader food-service supply contracts for institutional feeding programs—schools, correctional facilities, state supported living centers, senior services, and veteran homes. The recent solicitations show puree products appearing alongside canned fruits, fresh produce, and other shelf-stable or frozen food items bundled into line-item commodity purchases. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, the State of Illinois (via the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the Oregon Department of Corrections are the primary issuing bodies active in this space; school districts and county boards of education also participate. Food-service procurement under this code mixes institutional purchasers (state corrections systems, state-supported living centers, state hospitals) with K–12 education nutrition programs and county senior services. Contracts are typically awarded on lowest-responsive-and-responsible-bidder or best-value grounds with firm fixed pricing evaluated per unit of measure; delivery is FOB Destination with lead times of 45 to 72 hours common.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia (Gwinnett County), Illinois (state procurement), Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, Austin ISD), and Oregon (Department of Corrections). Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce including specialty fruits on IFB #SN002-2027 with bids due June 26, 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026; and the Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce due July 31, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. PST with a 10 percent combined Oregon-goods and resident-bidder preference. The code shows no recent solicitations explicitly naming mountain papaya puree as a standalone line item or primary procurement focus; the code tag appears attached to broader food-commodity buys where specific produce or fruit product categories are not individually disaggregated in publicly available opportunity summaries.