UNSPSC 50302009: Marionberries

The variety of blackberries known as marionberries

UNSPSC 50302009 Marionberries is a Commodity code that frames food procurement activity around fresh berries and related specialty produce items for institutional meal programs, though the code shows limited direct recent solicitation activity. State and local governments use this code to classify fresh and processed fruit items within their broader food-service procurement; the recent opportunities block contains one solicitation explicitly requesting marionberries (the City of Edinburg's CACFP Meal Program) alongside broader produce and grocery buys from school districts, county boards of education, municipal departments, and child-care providers across multiple states. The issuing bodies span independent school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, Hancock County, Bulloch County, and others), county boards of education (DeSoto, Henry, Muscogee, Dougherty, Liberty, Bryan, Early, Bartow), municipal and city procurement offices (Bridgeport, San Antonio, Edinburg), state agencies (Georgia Department of Education cooperative vehicles), and regional nutrition consortiums (GEC Buying Cooperative). School nutrition programs and child-care food service dominate the market, with secondary activity from senior services and correctional facility food operations.

Recent solicitation activity is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with active procurement cycles visible across Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, California, and Mississippi. Representative opportunities include the City of Edinburg's RFP 2026017 (posted July 16, 2026, due August 4, 2026) for CACFP meal items including fresh fruits and beverages serving 400 children daily; Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFPDST for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce to 18 elementary schools (proposals due March 11, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (bids due July 29, 2026, estimated annual value $78,000); and the GEC Buying Cooperative's SN 26-004 fresh produce and eggs procurement spanning 30 Georgia school districts across two geographic areas (proposals due March 4, 2026, estimated Area One spending $4.4 million annually). Pricing is structured variously as firm fixed-unit rates, cost-plus-fixed-fee models, and USDA-indexed escalators. Most contracts run a standard fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) with renewal options spanning two to five additional years. Buy American provisions, HACCP plans, liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2,000,000, and delivery frequency requirements (weekly or twice-weekly) are standard across all active procurements.