UNSPSC 50401723: Collinson avocados

The variety of avocados known as collinson avocados

UNSPSC 50401723 Collinson avocados, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity appearing in this dataset. The sources show no recent solicitations for avocados; instead, school districts, state agencies, and child nutrition programs are procuring mixed fresh produce portfolios that include apples, bananas, carrots, broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, and other seasonal vegetables and fruits, but avocados appear in none of the representative opportunities. Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Georgia school nutrition programs have posted bids for specific commodities—carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mixed produce—under their own narrow UNSPSC tags; school districts in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Connecticut are competing for broader fresh-produce supply contracts; and child nutrition programs emphasize USDA compliance, local sourcing within 50–400 miles, traceability, and HACCP certification. The code's nominal scope (Collinson avocados, a single varietal) reflects a specificity not matched by recent activity, which clusters around institutional produce distribution for school meals, senior nutrition, and incarceration food service.

The issuing bodies span state agricultural procurement divisions (Texas, Georgia), independent school districts (McAllen, Northside San Antonio, Austin, Savannah-Chatham, Dougherty County, Bartow County, Bryan County), county school boards (Liberty, Glynn, Muscogee, Henry, Bulloch, Douglas cooperative), city school systems (Meriden Connecticut, Rockwood Missouri), Head Start programs (Dallas), transit and senior services (San Antonio Parks & Recreation), and correctional facilities. Most recent opportunities posted in 2026 are school-nutrition-focused RFPs and IFBs with response dates in March through July 2026; examples include Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 cooperating districts (March 4, 2026 deadline, estimated $5.5 million across two areas), Bartow County Schools' local fresh-fruit-and-vegetable RFP (June 22, 2026 deadline), Austin ISD's fresh-produce-and-beverages RFP (March 11, 2026 deadline), Northside ISD San Antonio's child-nutrition produce bid (May 7, 2026 deadline), and Hillsborough County Florida's USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery contract (March 11, 2026 deadline). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (multiple school districts and state-level buys), Texas (TDCJ, school districts, Austin ISD), and Florida (Hillsborough), with scattered activity in Connecticut, Missouri, and specialized federal-nutrition programs. The code shows no current market signal worth pursuing; reclassify sourcing efforts toward mixed fresh-produce family codes or individual commodity codes matching the produce items actually being solicited.