UNSPSC 50405103: Naranjilla

The variety of nightshades known as naranjilla

UNSPSC 50405103 Naranjilla is a Commodity code that, despite its nominal designation, does not reflect the actual procurement activity captured in recent state and local solicitations. Naranjilla is a specific tropical fruit, yet the opportunities tagged with this code span a much broader category of fresh produce procurement—apples, bananas, carrots, potatoes, lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, eggs, and dozens of other produce items delivered to school nutrition programs, senior centers, institutional food services, and child care facilities. State and local governments buy fresh produce overwhelmingly through school districts and county boards of education, with smaller volumes through state departments (notably the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), cities, and independent contractors managing federal child nutrition programs. The work involves sourcing, quality verification, refrigerated delivery, HACCP compliance documentation, and traceability by farm of origin—not a single commodity but a seasonal rotation of dozens of produce lines, typically with weekly or multi-weekly deliveries to multiple sites.

School districts dominate the issuing body mix across the recent opportunities, including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio), Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Madison Metropolitan School District, Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa), and numerous smaller districts in Georgia (Bulloch, Bryan, Dougherty, Glynn, Liberty, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham, Henry, Douglas County systems) and beyond. State prison systems (Texas TDCJ) and child care operators (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut) round out the issuing body profile. Georgia school districts and Texas jurisdictions show the highest recent concentration of activity. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks due July 29, 2026, with 5,900 servings weekly for elementary students, sourced within 400 miles of Madison under Wisconsin local-preference rules; the Texas TDCJ's multiple IFBs (IW253079, IW253121, IW253099) for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes for canning and institutional food service, with response dates in June 2026; and Northside ISD's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses five days per week from August 2026 through May 2027, evaluated 35% on price, 25% on meeting district needs, and 15% on quality. Douglas County's cooperative RFP SN 26-004 spans 30 Georgia school districts across two geographic areas with approximately $5.5 million annual spending across produce and eggs, evaluated on cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing capped to USDA terminal market reports, with sealed proposals due March 4, 2026. The code shows consistent activity across the Southeast and South Central regions, with Texas and Georgia as the dominant markets for institutional produce procurement in the current window.