UNSPSC 50401724: Donnie avocados

The variety of avocados known as donnie avocados

UNSPSC 50401724 Donnie avocados, a Commodity code, describes fresh specialty fruits and vegetables procured by state and local school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and child care agencies to support meal service operations and federal child nutrition reimbursement programs. State and local solicitations under this code are dominated by school districts—elementary through high school campuses, charter and independent systems, and regional or county-level nutrition programs—along with corrections departments, senior services divisions, and Head Start child care providers. The actual buying spans fresh produce delivered weekly or twice-weekly to school sites, institutional warehouses, and senior centers, with emphasis on ready-to-eat or lightly processed formats, traceability and farm-of-origin documentation, USDA compliance (Buy American provisions, HACCP certification, food safety recall procedures), and temperature-controlled logistics meeting strict delivery windows (commonly 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM). Evaluation prioritizes cost (30–50 points), product quality and freshness, on-time delivery, compliance with pack-size and portion specifications, and geographic preferences (including local-sourcing and domestic-sourcing mandates).

Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary presence in Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri. Georgia school districts—Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Muscogee County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Bryan County, and Henry County—have posted multiple sealed-bid and RFP solicitations for fresh produce in February through May 2026, driven by annual contract cycles aligned to the July 2026 school-year start. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued separate IFBs for carrots (1,200 tons), white potatoes, and sweet potatoes for canning in institutional food service (March–June 2026, bids due June 23, 2026 and earlier). School districts in Texas including Northside ISD (San Antonio), McAllen ISD, and Austin ISD posted RFPs for fresh produce and specialty produce requiring multiple vendors, firm pricing, USDA Child Nutrition compliance, and five-day-per-week delivery (proposals due March–May 2026). Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) solicited specialty fruits and vegetables for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program serving 18 elementary schools with a cost-plus-fixed-fee model, GAP certification required, and estimated annual budget of $600,000 (proposals due March 11, 2026). Head Start of Greater Dallas solicited primary, secondary, and tertiary grocery-product suppliers including produce, frozen foods, and meat under an IFB with $969,460.94 estimated value (pre-bid conference April 16, 2026; bids due June 24, 2026). The City of San Antonio's Department of Human Services issued an RFP for professional consulting services to operate produce markets and distribute produce boxes at 15 senior center locations (proposals due May 27, 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) requested fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under RFB 4163 with 5,900 weekly servings for elementary students, strong geographic preference (400-mile sourcing limit, Wisconsin supplier diversity set-aside with 5% preference), and organic-produce discount of $0.20 per pound in price comparison (bids due July 29, 2026). Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut) procured commercial groceries, fresh produce, and USDA Foods across 13 school sites with anticipated contract value of $3,100,000 and proposals due February 25, 2026. Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued an RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 districts across two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million (Area One) and $1.1 million (Area Two) for fresh produce and eggs, sealed proposals due March 4, 2026. Early County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited line-by-line food bids encompassing 300+ items (meats, poultry, dairy, produce, grains, supplies) with bids due June 8, 2026. Most solicitations require sealed bids or electronic portal submissions, firm pricing for 12-month terms with optional renewals, insurance minimums of $500,000–$2,000,000 general liability, compliance certifications (debarment, E-Verify, anti-collusion), and delivery performance tied to contract renewal eligibility or "three-strikes" termination protocols.