UNSPSC 50401721: Choquette avocados

The variety of avocados known as choquette avocados

UNSPSC 50401721 Choquette avocados, a Commodity code, is rarely solicited by state and local governments under its specific name; instead, produce procurement in school nutrition, corrections, and senior services programs buys fresh produce broadly using institutional specifications that lump avocados with other vegetables, fruits, and specialty items. The source contains one recent opportunity explicitly tagged to this code—a Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB for carrots and sweet potatoes—but the dominant activity under produce-related codes shows school districts and county systems across Georgia, Texas, and Florida sourcing comprehensive fresh-produce baskets, often with local or geographic sourcing preferences, for child nutrition programs, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery, and cafeteria meal service. State and local issuers span school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Northside Independent in San Antonio, Hillsborough County in Florida, multiple Georgia districts), county boards of education (Bulloch, Glynn, Douglas County in Georgia; Bryan County in Georgia), correctional agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and special-purpose programs (Head Start, city senior services). Issuing bodies typically weight cost heavily—30 to 50 percent of evaluation scores—but increasingly emphasize local/regional sourcing, product quality, delivery reliability, and vendor qualifications (HACCP certification, insurance, references). Recent procurements show preference for produce grown within 200–400 miles of the buying jurisdiction when specifications allow.

The most recent activity clusters in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri. Representative recent opportunities include Bartow County School System (Georgia) RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables, due June 22, 2026, requiring sourcing within 400 miles and evaluating on 30 points cost, 25 points seasonal variety, 20 points delivery proficiency, 15 points product quality, and 10 points customer support; Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) sealed-bid procurement for 40 fresh-produce line items, bids due June 16, 2026, with estimated yearly quantities ranging from 25 to 1,200 units per item; and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) RFP 26039RFQDST for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce to 18 elementary schools, proposals due March 11, 2026 (now closed), at a budgeted $600,000 annually. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple IFBs for bulk commodity vegetables (carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes) for institutional food service across distribution centers, with response dates in June–March 2026. School-district procurements typically contract for one to three years with renewal options, require firm pricing for initial 60–90-day periods then allow cost adjustments based on USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or CPI data, and mandate F.O.B. destination delivery with all packing and freight included. Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction: Wisconsin emphasizes diverse-owned business certification; Georgia procurement regulations permit small-business and minority-owned vendor preferences; Texas Comptroller procurements for TDCJ include service-disabled veteran preferences; and several school systems explicitly encourage Texas-grown or regional sourcing on price-and-quality-equal basis.