UNSPSC 50401700: Avocados

The type of vegetable known as avocados

UNSPSC 50401700 Avocados is a Class code that covers fresh produce supply to institutional food service operations, particularly school nutrition programs, child care centers, corrections facilities, and senior services. State and local governments under this code procure fresh avocados alongside broader produce assortments for meal preparation, salad bars, and nutrition-compliant food distribution. Recent solicitations show avocados appearing as line items within larger fresh-produce RFPs and IFBs rather than as standalone commodity bids, typically requiring compliance with USDA food safety standards, traceability documentation, and delivery to multiple institutional sites.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, followed by corrections agencies (primarily the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county education boards, and municipal school systems. Georgia school districts—particularly Glynn County, Bulloch County, Douglas County (through the GEC Buying Cooperative), Dougherty County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Bryan County, and Bartow County—show the heaviest recent procurement activity, with additional solicitations from Texas (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Utah (Salt Lake City School District), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and South Carolina (Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools). Representative recent opportunities include Glynn County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB (IFB 27-02, due April 14, 2026, covering 60 line items with weekly Tuesday delivery to 16 school sites); Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026, covering approximately 72 produce line items across 30 districts in two Georgia areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One); Austin ISD's RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages (due March 11, 2026, with Good Food Purchasing Program compliance required); and Bulloch County Schools' IFP for locally-grown produce within 200 miles (due May 4, 2026, covering 24 produce items for the Farm to School program). Most awards go to single or multiple vendors based on line-item pricing, with contracts running a standard July 1 through June 30 school-year cycle and renewable for additional one-year terms, and evaluation criteria typically weight cost at 25–50 percent, product quality and availability at 15–30 percent, delivery performance and compliance at 10–20 percent, and vendor qualifications at 5–15 percent.