UNSPSC 50302801: Hudson bay currants

The variety of currants known as hudson bay currants

UNSPSC 50302801 Hudson bay currants is a Commodity code that names a single dried-fruit product line, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show virtually no purchasing activity for currants themselves. Instead, the solicitations reveal that school districts, municipal food services, child care programs, and county institutions are actively procuring fresh produce, dried fruits broadly, eggs, and comprehensive grocery items through RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notices. The code's nominal scope—Hudson bay currants specifically—does not align with the work actually being bought. A review of twenty-five recent opportunities across the dataset shows no solicitation requesting Hudson bay currants by name or description; the closest match is a single County of Santa Clara ITB (ITBPRCFY260617, due Feb 5, 2026) for dried fruits and nuts including raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix for a detention facility, but this procurement spans a category of dried fruits rather than currants alone and represents a narrow institutional use case. The broader activity under this code appears to reflect a tagging or taxonomy mismatch rather than active state and local procurement demand for Hudson bay currants as a distinct commodity.

The issuing bodies soliciting food and produce contracts are school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, McAllen ISD in Texas, Austin ISD, and numerous Georgia school districts), municipal and county governments (the City of Bridgeport, DeSoto County School District in Mississippi, County of Santa Clara in California), child care and senior services agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas, the City of San Antonio Department of Human Services, the City of Edinburg CACFP program), and regional buying cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 Georgia districts). Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast—particularly Georgia, which alone accounts for more than a dozen recent opportunities—with additional significant activity in Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 (posted Jul 8, 2026, due Jul 29, 2026) for petite bananas at $78,000 estimated annual value; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce across 200+ line items (posted Jun 10, 2026, due Jun 26, 2026); and the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs (posted Feb 4, 2026, due Mar 4, 2026) covering two geographic areas in Georgia with an estimated combined annual value of approximately $5.5 million. No recent opportunities specifically name Hudson bay currants, dried currants generally, or any currant-based product, indicating minimal or dormant procurement activity under this Commodity code at the state and local level.