UNSPSC 50202509: Blackberry juice

UNSPSC 50202509 Blackberry juice, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within food service procurement that state and local governments purchase as part of larger beverage and food supply contracts. However, the recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code show minimal direct procurement of blackberry juice as a standalone line item; instead, juice solicitations and food-service contracts cast a wider net across multiple beverage categories including apple, orange, pineapple, cranberry, mixed-fruit, and tomato juices, plus carbonated and sports drinks, where blackberry juice may appear as one option among dozens or is absent entirely. The issuing bodies soliciting under related juice and food-service codes span school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Burke County Public Schools, Pinellas County School District, Bridgeport Board of Education, Ben Hill County Schools), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Georgia Department of Education, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners), and municipalities (City of Bridgeport, City of Edinburg). School nutrition programs and state institutional food service (state-supported living centers, hospitals, juvenile justice facilities) drive the bulk of activity.

Recent solicitations characterize the actual purchasing patterns: the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-27-380M1.2 (due August 25, 2026) for dairy and juice products to Texas juvenile justice and school-for-the-deaf facilities lists apple, orange, and pineapple juice as specified categories but does not name blackberry; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017418 for dairy and juices statewide (due July 15, 2026) similarly specifies orange, pineapple, apple, grape, mixed-fruit, and tomato juice without blackberry; the Georgia Department of Education's RFP 9060_1005_211 (due November 2, 2026) for Smart Snack-approved beverages to Georgia schools emphasizes carbonated drinks, water, and generic juice categories without itemizing blackberry. Juice procurement activity concentrates in Texas (driven by state hospital and residential-facility networks), Georgia (school districts and state procurement), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), and Florida (Pinellas County Schools). Blackberry juice does not appear as a named line item in any of the posted solicitations; general juice categories and specific varieties (apple, orange, cranberry, mixed-fruit) dominate, suggesting that blackberry juice, if purchased at all, competes within undifferentiated juice pools rather than as a distinct commodity line.