UNSPSC 50302214: Spartan blueberries

The variety of blueberries known as spartan blueberries

UNSPSC 50302214 Spartan blueberries, a Commodity code, names a single fresh produce line item that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition, child care, and senior services programs. Recent state and local solicitations show blueberries specified within larger fresh produce, grocery, and food service contracts rather than as standalone line items; the code appears in procurement contexts where it functions as one SKU among 40 to over 1,100 food products purchased to support institutional meal programs under federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) funding. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary activity from child care providers, senior services divisions, cooperative purchasing consortia, and county school food authorities. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Edinburg, Texas, RFP 2026-017 (posted July 16, 2026, due August 4, 2026) for CACFP meal program supplies including fresh fruits; Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 (posted July 8, due July 29, 2026) for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks; Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFPDST for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce delivery; and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026) for 72 produce line items across 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Connecticut, with secondary solicitation across the mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and West Coast. Georgia school districts file the highest volume of recent produce solicitations, reflecting either procurement activity levels or data-collection patterns favoring that state. Texas shows sustained activity through school districts in McAllen, Austin, and the Edinburg area, while Florida activity centers on Hillsborough County Public Schools' federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Most school nutrition procurements specify fresh produce line by line rather than by vendor commodity codes, meaning blueberries appear as a quoted item within IFB, RFB, or RFP scopes covering dozens or hundreds of SKUs—a cost-driven, volume-competitive model where unit pricing, delivery reliability, quality compliance (HACCP, food safety, ripeness stages where applicable), and fill rates drive award. Buy American provisions, USDA domestic-content mandates, and compliance certifications (debarment, E-Verify, affirmative action) appear consistently across all issuing bodies. The code shows sustained procurement activity but does not command standalone solicitations; vendors pursuing blueberry supply typically enter as part of broader fresh-produce or food-service distributor offerings to school districts and child nutrition programs.