UNSPSC 50302012: Olallie blackberries

The variety of blackberries known as olallie blackberries

UNSPSC 50302012 Olallie blackberries is a Commodity code that names a single fresh produce item, but state and local governments rarely solicit olallie blackberries by name. Recent opportunities posted under this code or related fresh-produce categories show school districts, cities, and child care agencies buying comprehensive fresh-produce baskets for meal programs—spanning dozens of fruit and vegetable line items, not individual berry varieties. The City of Edinburg, Texas (RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal service) and Madison Metropolitan School District (RFB 4162 for petite bananas; RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks) exemplify the actual buying pattern: school nutrition programs procure produce by the case or unit across multiple items at once, typically through competitive sealed bids or RFPs with response dates in late spring or early summer ahead of new fiscal years beginning July 1. Work is solicited across school districts in Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, and Oregon; special-purpose districts such as Head Start of Greater Dallas and transit authorities also participate. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs, followed by municipal purchasing departments on behalf of schools, county boards of education, and children's services agencies. A local-vendor preference appears frequently in Texas solicitations under state law; Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic agricultural content (typically 51 percent for processed items) apply to federally funded meal programs nationwide.

Geographic activity clusters in the South, particularly Georgia and Texas, with school calendar cycles driving procurement timing. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), DeSoto County School District (Mississippi), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), and the GEC Buying Cooperative (30 Georgia school districts across two regions) all posted fresh-produce solicitations between late February and late June 2026 with delivery beginning July 1, 2026 (the standard fiscal-year start for K-12 meal programs). Pricing models vary: fixed unit prices prevail in most school bids, but some solicitations (such as Muscogee County School District and DeSoto County) employ markup-above-index or cost-plus-fee models tied to USDA market reports. Vendors typically must deliver weekly, maintain HACCP plans, carry $500,000 to $2 million in liability insurance, and comply with product-rotation, traceability, and food-safety documentation requirements. Contract terms commonly run July through June with optional renewals; estimated annual volumes for individual districts range from $78,000 (Madison petite bananas) to over $3 million (Meriden Public Schools groceries and produce). The code itself shows limited specificity to olallie blackberries in actual procurement; pursuit depends on whether your firm supplies olallie blackberries as one line item within a broader produce distribution capability serving K-12, Head Start, senior services, or correctional food programs.