UNSPSC 50302702: Early black cranberries

The variety of cranberries known as early black cranberries

UNSPSC 50302702 Early black cranberries is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure as a component of broader food service contracts rather than as a standalone product line. The code appears infrequently in recent solicitations—early black cranberries do not surface as a dedicated line item in the accessible recent opportunities. Instead, dried cranberries emerge once, in the County of Santa Clara's January 2026 ITB for dried fruits and nuts serving its correctional food service (1,000 cases annually specified), where they are bundled with raisins, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans as part of a consolidated procurement. State and local food service programs buying under this code include school districts (via child nutrition programs and meal services), county corrections departments, city human services agencies operating senior centers, and specialized child care food programs such as Head Start and CACFP. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition departments and district food authorities, with occasional participation from county sheriffs' offices and municipal social services divisions.

Geographic activity concentrates in states with large school populations and established farm-to-school or cooperative purchasing networks—notably Georgia, Texas, Florida, and California—though the data reflects broader national representation across Connecticut, Oregon, Mississippi, and other jurisdictions. Recent opportunities show food service procurement driven by federal child nutrition program funding (USDA National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, CACFP) rather than state or local appropriations. The County of Santa Clara ITB (Solicitation ITBPRCFY260617, due February 5, 2026) represents the only recent solicitation explicitly naming dried cranberries as a procurement line item; that RFB requires cost-plus pricing based on documented supplier costs and five-year terms with optional annual escalation capped by bidder declaration. No other recent opportunities in the source material name early black cranberries or dried cranberries as a discrete specification, suggesting minimal standalone market activity for this commodity at the state and local level in the current cycle.