UNSPSC 50301903: Common bearberries

The variety of bearberries known as common bearberries

UNSPSC 50301903 Common bearberries, a Commodity code, describes fresh produce sourcing for institutional food service — specifically the supply and delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables to correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, schools, child care programs, parks, and other public venues. Recent state and local solicitations under this code overwhelmingly procure fresh produce for school nutrition programs (National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program compliance), correctional and mental health institutional feeding, and community meal and food-assistance programs. The work spans itemized produce specifications (apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and specialty items), weekly or bi-weekly delivery logistics to multiple sites, temperature-controlled transport, HACCP or food-safety compliance, and cost-firm pricing models. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, school districts, city and county governments, Head Start agencies, and senior services divisions. School districts represent the plurality of recent activity, particularly in Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Connecticut, and Mississippi, with procurement structured as sealed bids or invitations for bids.

Procurement concentrates in the Southeast and Texas, with active recent solicitations from Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bartow County, and DeSoto County School District in Mississippi), Texas (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Texas Department of Criminal Justice with multiple food-warehouse RFQs, City of Edinburg, and Head Start of Greater Dallas), Illinois (Illinois Department of Corrections at Joliet Treatment Center and Illinois Department of Mental Health at Madden Mental Health Center), and coastal jurisdictions including Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education) and Florida (Collier County North Collier Regional Park). Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple fresh-produce solicitations (IW267376 for Palestine facility, IW267420 for Snyder Food Warehouse, and IW267411 for Wynne Food Warehouse) with response dates in October 2026. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for 70–90 cases of petite bananas weekly at $78,000 annual contract value (bids due July 29, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education IFB SN002-2027 covering 200+ produce line items for three delivery sites (bids due June 26, 2026), and Illinois Department of Corrections RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for bi-weekly produce deliveries to Joliet Treatment Center with a small-business set-aside (quotes due September 3, 2026). Contracts typically run one fiscal or school year with optional renewal terms; pricing models vary between firm fixed-price, cost-plus-fee, and unit-price formats. Buy American provisions and domestic-sourcing preferences appear in school and correctional-facility solicitations. Local-vendor preferences and set-asides for small business, minority-owned, and woman-owned enterprises are common in recent awards.