UNSPSC 50401707: Biondo avocados

The variety of avocados known as biondo avocados

UNSPSC 50401707 Biondo avocados, a Commodity code, covers the procurement of specialty avocado varieties by state and local governments for school nutrition programs, Head Start agencies, senior services, and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations under this code show state and local buyers sourcing fresh produce for child nutrition reimbursable meal programs, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program distributions, and general institutional feeding; avocados appear as line items within broader fresh produce procurements rather than as standalone commodities. School districts dominate the issuing body mix—Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Northside Independent School District in Texas, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, Bartow County Schools in Georgia, and Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia all posted produce solicitations in the past four months—alongside Head Start agencies, county school systems, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. State and local procurement offices in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri show the heaviest recent activity, with school nutrition programs driving the majority of opportunities.

Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks to support approximately 5,900 weekly servings under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, requiring produce sourced within 400 miles of Madison and Wisconsin with organic preference discounts of $0.20 per pound, and Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 (posted April 14, 2026, due May 7, 2026) seeking fresh produce delivery to 117 school campuses five days per week with USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance and Texas-grown "Harvest of the Month" prioritization. The code shows no distinct activity specific to Biondo avocados alone; avocados surface only within line-item specifications of comprehensive school and institutional food service produce bids that emphasize seasonal availability, farm traceability, GAP certification, HACCP plans, and compliance with USDA Buy American requirements where applicable. Geographic sourcing preferences—notably 400-mile radius requirements in Wisconsin and Georgia, 200-mile local-grown mandates in Bulloch County, and Texas-grown prioritization in San Antonio—indicate that regional and local procurement leverage commodity codes to enforce supply-chain proximity and transparency rather than to isolate single produce items for dedicated procurement.