UNSPSC 50401750: Melendez avocados

The variety of avocados known as melendez avocados

UNSPSC 50401750 Melendez avocados (Commodity) shows little relevant recent activity. The source identifies one commodity code but the recent state and local contract opportunities block does not contain a single solicitation specifically for Melendez avocados or avocados of any variety. Instead, the block contains 30 recent solicitations across multiple states and issuing bodies—primarily school districts, state departments, and regional purchasing cooperatives in Texas and Georgia—but none names avocados as a line item or procurement target. The coded opportunity appears to be a data-classification artifact without corresponding market activity the source supports.

State and local food service procurement under fresh produce codes is concentrated in school nutrition programs, child care food programs, and institutional kitchens operated by state criminal justice, education, and human services agencies across the Southeast and Southwest. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent RFPs and IFBs posted by Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Bryan County Schools (Georgia), among others. State procurement offices—particularly Texas and Georgia—and regional purchasing cooperatives such as the GEC Buying Cooperative issue solicitations on behalf of multiple constituent districts. Head Start centers and state departments of criminal justice also procure fresh produce regularly. The geographic spread is heaviest in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (due July 29, 2026) for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with a 5 percent preference for diverse-owned business status; Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB 26-GP (due June 24, 2026) for 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat across primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers at a total estimated value of $969,460.94; and Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 (due May 7, 2026) for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses with a contract term running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.