UNSPSC 50303800: Huckleberries

The type of fruit known as huckleberries

UNSPSC 50303800 Huckleberries, a Class code, encompasses fresh produce procurement by state and local governments, particularly fresh fruits and vegetables for institutional food service including corrections, mental health facilities, schools, senior centers, and child care programs. Recent solicitations show governments buying fresh produce on recurring supply contracts, ranging from specialized single-item procurements (petite bananas, huckleberries) to comprehensive multi-line-item produce programs serving hundreds of daily meals. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county boards of education and schools, county human services, cities, transit or senior center divisions, and special-purpose entities such as Head Start and child care food programs. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, and multiple Georgia school districts appear as repeat buyers. The scope typically requires bi-weekly or weekly deliveries of produce meeting USDA quality and food-safety standards, often with temperature-control specifications, HACCP plans, and compliance with Buy American provisions where federal child nutrition programs are involved. Vendors frequently bear transportation costs under F.O.B. Destination terms and must maintain commercial general liability insurance ranging from $500,000 to $1 million per occurrence.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, and Georgia, with secondary activity in Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida. Representative current opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting fresh fruit and vegetable supplies for prison food warehouses in Palestine and Snyder (responses due October 19 and October 14, 2026, respectively, both RFQ-type solicitations); Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Florida, issuing an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) for food services including fresh produce at North Collier Regional Park with local-vendor preference worth 10 evaluation points (responses due March 6, 2025); Illinois Department of Corrections soliciting fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside (responses due September 3, 2026); and Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) requesting bids for petite bananas (150-count cases, estimated annual contract value $78,000, responses due July 29, 2026, RFB) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks with geographic sourcing within Wisconsin and 400 miles of Madison and a diverse-owned business preference (5% discount). Multiple Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Early County) posted produce bids in May and June 2026 for 2026-2027 school years, typically seeking sealed bids from lowest-responsive-and-responsible bidders with firm pricing covering transportation and no fuel surcharges.