UNSPSC 50302004: Cherokee blackberries

The variety of blackberries known as cherokee blackberries

UNSPSC 50302004 Cherokee blackberries, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local solicitations in the source material. The code nominally describes a single fresh produce item, but the opportunities posted over the past six months span comprehensive food procurement across school districts, child care agencies, and correctional facilities—encompassing dozens of produce line items, proteins, dairy, grains, paper goods, and support supplies, with Cherokee blackberries appearing nowhere in the bid documents examined.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing produce contracts include school districts (Savannah-Chatham, Muscogee, Glynn, Henry, Liberty, Bryan, Early, Bulloch, Dougherty, McAllen, and Hillsborough County Schools; Austin and Meriden Independent School Districts; Central Point School District in Oregon), child care and nutrition programs (City of Edinburg CACFP, Head Start of Greater Dallas, Bartow County and Hancock County Schools nutrition programs), county boards of education across Georgia, and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department. Recent opportunities span RFPs, RFBs, and ITBs with response dates from late January through early August 2026. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and California, with additional activity in Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Oregon. Representative recent solicitations include the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's bid for 72 fresh produce items (Bid 26-34, due April 23, 2026), the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP for fresh produce and eggs across two Georgia areas with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026), and the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery-line items including fruits and vegetables (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026). The code shows no recent isolated procurement of Cherokee blackberries or any other single produce variety; pursuit under this code would require identifying solicitations that explicitly reference Cherokee blackberries by name, which the current opportunity pipeline does not support.