UNSPSC 50302801: Hudson bay currants

The variety of currants known as hudson bay currants

UNSPSC 50302801 Hudson bay currants is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy fresh produce—predominantly fresh fruits and vegetables—under this code for institutional food service, including school lunch and breakfast programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, child care programs, and parks and recreation concessions. Recent solicitations show the code is used for both specific commodity procurement (individual produce items like bananas, apples, carrots, and lettuce) and broader fresh produce contracts serving hundreds of meal sites. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county boards of education, independent school districts, county parks and recreation departments, county commissioners, city human services divisions, and Head Start organizations. Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears as a repeat buyer, with multiple recent solicitations for fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to correctional facilities. School districts dominate the activity—particularly in Georgia, where Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, and Bartow County systems have all posted produce bids recently—alongside Texas and Wisconsin districts. Institutional food service contractors operating senior centers and child care programs also purchase under the code.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, and the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin, Illinois), with secondary activity in Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Arizona. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting fresh fruit and vegetables for Palestine and Wynne food warehouses (RFQ/IFB due October 14 and 19, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education seeking sealed bids for fresh produce across 24 school nutrition sites (sealed bids due June 16, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District bidding for petite bananas with an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 for the 2026–27 school year (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026), and Bartow County School System requesting local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles with proposals due June 22, 2026. Collier County Parks and Recreation issued an Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park with a 10-point local-vendor preference (due March 6, 2025). Buy American and domestic-sourcing provisions appear frequently; several school districts enforce 51 percent domestic agricultural content requirements or mandate local/regional sourcing within 400 miles. Set-asides for small business, minority-owned, and woman-owned vendors appear in select opportunities, and cooperative purchasing eligibility is noted in some jurisdictions.