UNSPSC 50202702: Cherry juice

UNSPSC 50202702 Cherry juice, a Commodity code, describes a narrow beverage product category that state and local governments procure as a component of larger food and nutrition programs rather than as a standalone line item. Recent solicitations show cherry juice appearing within broad-based school nutrition, state facility food service, and child care meal program procurements, where it competes alongside dozens or hundreds of other beverage and food items. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts, state health and human services agencies operating institutional facilities, and city education departments. School districts dominate this segment—Pinellas County School District (Florida), Burke County Public Schools (Georgia), Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), and the City of Edinburg's Child and Adult Care Food Program procurement—alongside state facilities procurements by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission serving state-supported living centers and state hospitals, and city nutrition programs supporting seniors and institutional populations.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Texas). Representative procurements include the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' statewide IFB 304T27380M1.2 for dairy and juice products with scheduled deliveries to multiple juvenile justice facilities and state schools (bid due August 25, 2026), the Texas HHSC's statewide IFB HHS0017418 for dairy products and juices serving state hospitals and supported living centers (bid due July 15, 2026, with historical annual usage of $1.6 million), the Pinellas County School District's sealed electronic bid 26JG021 for milk, dairy, and juice products across 117 facilities valued at approximately $22.5 million over two years (bid due June 11, 2026), and the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote PE77023NONST2027000000782 for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including beverages (quote due October 19, 2026). Juice products are typically required to meet federal Buy American standards (51 percent domestic agricultural content minimum) and compliance with USDA, FDA, and state nutrition regulations. Delivery and pricing structures emphasize firm fixed cost, FOB destination with vendor-absorbed freight, and temperature or shelf-life maintenance protocols.