UNSPSC 50202509: Blackberry juice

UNSPSC 50202509 Blackberry juice is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code are buying juice products—both blackberry juice specifically and, more broadly, 100% fruit juices in multiple varieties—as components of larger food-service contracts for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and childcare operations. Recent solicitations show juice appearing as a line item within comprehensive grocery, beverage, and food-supply procurements rather than as standalone blackberry-juice-only awards. The issuing bodies span school districts (from single districts to multi-district cooperative purchasing), state departments of health and human services, city boards of education, county school systems, correctional departments, and municipal nutrition programs. School districts and state agencies dominate the activity, with repeat buyers including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (procuring for state hospitals and supported living centers), the Pinellas County School District in Florida, the Douglas County School System in Georgia, the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, and city-level boards of education in Connecticut and Illinois.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's statewide procurement (IFB HHS0017418, due July 15, 2026) for dairy products and juices across 20 state facilities with a historical annual value of $1.6 million; the Pinellas County School District's milk, dairy, and juice products bid (electronic submission due June 11, 2026) valued at approximately $22.5 million over two years; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut procurement for grocery items supporting the Board of Education (electronic bid due June 30, 2026) with over 1,100 line items including beverages; Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation (electronic bids due April 29, 2026) spanning over 900 line items for approximately 7,800 daily meal participants; and the City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP meal program (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) supplying 400 children ages 1–18 daily with beverages including 100% fruit juice. Buy American requirements apply in most school nutrition procurements, requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products. Juice products typically appear priced on a firm fixed basis within annual contracts, though some state-level agreements permit Consumer Price Index adjustments at renewal periods.