UNSPSC 50302002: Black satin blackberries

The variety of blackberries known as black satin blackberries

UNSPSC 50302002 Black satin blackberries (Commodity) shows minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code appears broadly misaligned with current buying patterns in the source opportunities, which predominantly feature comprehensive fresh produce, grocery, and food service supply contracts spanning dozens of line items across apples, bananas, berries, vegetables, eggs, and prepared foods for school nutrition, child care, and senior services programs. A single recent Georgia school nutrition procurement (Hancock County Board of Education, June 2026) explicitly names blackberries among 200+ produce line items, but this represents a small component within a full-service produce distribution contract, not the targeted specialty procurement this code nominally describes.

State and local procurement of fresh produce—the broader family encompassing blackberries—remains heavily concentrated among school nutrition programs (elementary through high school districts), child and adult care food programs (CACFP), and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program initiatives. Recent issuing bodies include Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Henry County Schools (Georgia), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and cooperatives such as GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30+ Georgia districts. These entities solicit through IFB, RFP, and RFQ notices with annual contract values ranging from $78,000 (Madison MMSD petite bananas) to approximately $3.1 million (Meriden Public Schools) and estimated multi-district cooperative volumes exceeding $5 million annually. The code's narrow commodity focus on a single berry variety does not reflect the bundled, multi-item procurement reality of state and local institutional food service; vendors typically compete on comprehensive fresh produce portfolios with fixed pricing, weekly deliveries, HACCP compliance, and integration with electronic ordering systems rather than standalone blackberry supply. With no standalone blackberry procurements identified in recent activity, pursuit of opportunities under this code is not currently viable without expanding scope to broader produce family codes.