UNSPSC 50401749: Marcus avocados

The variety of avocados known as marcus avocados

UNSPSC 50401749 Marcus avocados is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it do not reflect avocado procurement at all. Instead, they reflect a broad range of fresh produce solicitations—including carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, apples, bananas, broccoli, lettuce, and mixed fresh fruit and vegetable snacks—issued by school districts, state departments, and child nutrition programs across multiple states. The code's nominal scope (avocados specifically) diverges sharply from what is actually being bought under this tag. The recent opportunities show school nutrition programs and state food service operations procuring comprehensive fresh-produce portfolios as part of National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and Head Start child nutrition operations. Work spans ready-to-eat produce snacks, bulk commodities for institutional kitchens, and local farm-sourced items delivered weekly to elementary and secondary schools and child care centers.

Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and boards of education across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut, supplemented by state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia), regional cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative for 30 Georgia school districts), Head Start programs, and municipal school systems. Georgia-based school districts appear most frequently as recent bidders (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Douglas County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and others), suggesting concentration in that state, though Texas and Florida school systems and state agencies are active bidders as well. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks (approximately 5,900 servings weekly for elementary students, with geographic sourcing within 400 miles of Madison and a 5% diverse-owned business preference, due July 29, 2026); the Bartow County School System RFP for Local Fresh Fruit and Vegetables sourced within 400 miles (due June 22, 2026); the Dougherty County Board of Education IFB for Fresh Produce covering 40 line items across 24 nutrition sites (due June 16, 2026); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB for carrots (1,200 tons, due June 23, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program serving 18 elementary schools with cost-plus fixed-fee contracting (due March 11, 2026); and the Douglas County School System RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across two Georgia regions with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million to $1.1 million per area (due March 4, 2026). The code shows no relevant recent activity under its nominal avocado scope.