UNSPSC 50401736: haas avocados

The variety of avocados known as haas avocados

UNSPSC 50401736 Haas avocados, a Commodity code, covers fresh produce supply to state and local institutional food service operators — primarily school nutrition programs and correctional facilities — with recent solicitations emphasizing local sourcing, USDA compliance, and delivery to multiple campus or facility locations. The code encompasses the full spectrum of fresh-produce procurement from individual school districts purchasing small weekly quantities for elementary snack programs through multi-district cooperative purchases covering dozens of line items and millions of dollars in annual spend. Issuing bodies include school districts of all sizes (from independent and charter systems to county and regional boards of education), state departments of criminal justice, Head Start child-care networks, and municipal senior services divisions. School nutrition programs dominate the activity, particularly district procurement offices supporting National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program operations; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears repeatedly as a high-volume institutional buyer. Within school districts, evaluation criteria consistently weight cost between 30 and 50 percent, with substantial point allocation to product quality, seasonal availability, delivery reliability, and vendor qualifications including insurance and HACCP certification. Geographic preference and local-sourcing mandates are standard, with many solicitations requiring produce sourced within 50 to 400 miles, and a growing number of districts offering price preferences on organic or Texas-grown products.

Recent activity spans Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri, with particularly dense solicitation activity in Georgia school districts and Texas institutional food service. Representative opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks bid (RFB 4163, bids due July 29, 2026), seeking approximately 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat produce within 400 miles of Madison and Wisconsin, with a 5 percent preference for diverse-owned vendors and a $0.20 per-pound organic preference discount; the Northside Independent School District fresh-produce procurement (RFP 2026-048, sealed proposals due May 7, 2026) serving 127 schools across the San Antonio area with delivery five days weekly during school year and summer sessions, evaluated 35 percent on price and weighted heavily on quality and district need; and the Douglas County School System cooperative procurement (RFP SN 26-004, proposals due March 4, 2026) for 30 Georgia school districts across two geographic areas with estimated spend of $4.4 million in Area One and $1.1 million in Area Two, priced on documented net cost plus fixed fee with strict pack-size requirements and awards made line-item by line-item to multiple vendors. Contract terms typically run one school or fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) with two to four optional one-year renewals, and payment is net 30 to net 40 days from delivery or invoice receipt. No set-asides or restrictions limiting responses to disadvantaged vendors appear in the available solicitation documents, though federal USDA affirmative contracting requirements under 2 CFR Part 200 and state small-business preferences are common evaluation criteria.