UNSPSC 50302707: Mountain cranberries

The variety of cranberries known as mountaincranberries

UNSPSC 50302707 Mountain cranberries, a Commodity code, encompasses fresh produce sourcing for institutional food service operations run by state agencies, county and local governments, school districts, and specialized health and nutrition programs. State and local buyers use this code to procure fresh fruits and vegetables — including cranberries, bananas, apples, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, and other produce — for delivery to correctional facilities, mental health centers, school nutrition programs, senior centers, child care facilities, and parks-and-recreation concession operations. The issuing-body mix spans state departments of corrections and mental health, county boards of education, school districts, municipalities, and specialized program operators; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, and multiple Georgia school districts (Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Early County) and Texas school districts (Madison Metropolitan) appear as repeat solicitors in recent postings. Work under the code typically requires vendors to meet USDA quality standards, maintain temperature-controlled delivery, comply with food-safety and HACCP protocols, carry commercial liability insurance, and often meet Buy American domestic-sourcing requirements or local-vendor preferences.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and other southeastern and Midwestern states. Representative solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's RFQ for fresh fruit and vegetables to Palestine and Snyder food warehouses (due October 19 and October 14, 2026, respectively), Illinois Department of Mental Health's small-purchase RFQ for fresh produce delivery to Madden Mental Health Center in Hines through fiscal year 2027 (due August 14, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for petite bananas with estimated annual value of $78,000 for the 2026–2027 school year (due July 29, 2026), DeSoto County School District's sealed-bid procurement for produce distribution across 41 school sites with bi-annual fixed-fee-plus-cost structure (due June 22, 2026), and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce with delivery to three school locations through June 30, 2027 (due June 26, 2026). Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park (due March 6, 2025) emphasizes concession operations and includes fresh produce as one component of broader food-service scope. School nutrition programs dominate recent posting volume, reflecting sustained federal USDA meal-program funding and summer fresh-produce initiatives; correctional and mental-health facilities represent secondary but consistent demand. Prevailing wage and set-aside provisions appear in a subset of solicitations (Illinois, Connecticut, Texas), with local-vendor preferences and geographic-sourcing filters emerging in school-district and park-district procurements.