UNSPSC 50303803: Dwarf huckleberries

The variety of huckleberries known as dwarf huckleberries

UNSPSC 50303803 Dwarf huckleberries, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The opportunities tagged under this code are instead purchasing general fresh produce—including apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, tomatoes, and mixed fruits and vegetables—for institutional food service operations such as school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, and child care programs. Dwarf huckleberries as a specific commodity line do not surface in any of the recent solicitations, suggesting either a mismatch between the UNSPSC code assignment and actual procurement need, or dormant activity in this specialized produce category at the state and local level.

State and local buyers under this code span school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Hancock County Board of Education and Bryan County Schools in Georgia, DeSoto County and Dougherty County School Districts in Mississippi and Georgia respectively, Early County Board of Education in Georgia), state corrections and mental health departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county and municipal agencies (Collier County Parks and Recreation, City of San Antonio Senior Services), Head Start programs, and special-purpose health coalitions. The work solicited is almost exclusively fresh produce supply and delivery—typically bi-weekly or weekly service with firm pricing, refrigerated transportation, quality and freshness guarantees, HACCP or food-safety compliance, and delivery windows aligned to institutional operating hours. Institutional buyers enforce Buy American preferences, require USDA or domestic-sourcing criteria, demand traceability documentation, and often emphasize local or regional sourcing within specified mileage bands (such as 400 miles). Recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice soliciting fresh fruit and vegetables for correctional food warehouses (IW267376, IW267420, IW267411); the Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health requesting produce delivery (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, 27444DHSMENTHB53608); school districts across Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Connecticut seeking fresh produce, petite bananas, or fresh-cut snacks (Madison Metropolitan RFB 4162 and 4163, Hancock County IFB SN002-2027, Bryan County bid due May 27 2026, Dougherty County bid due June 16 2026); and municipal and community-based services such as the City of Edinburg Child and Adult Care Food Program (RFP 2026-017) and Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP).

Geographic activity clusters in Texas (TDCJ warehouses, City of Edinburg, Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of San Antonio), Georgia (four school districts and one county system), and Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), with secondary activity in Illinois (state corrections and mental health), Mississippi (DeSoto and Dougherty County Schools), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), and Florida (Collier County). The most active recent opportunities are school-nutrition fresh-produce bids: Hancock County Schools (due June 26 2026, 200+ line items), Dougherty County Schools (due June 16 2026, 40 produce items), Bryan County Schools (due May 27 2026), Madison Metropolitan RFB 4162 petite bananas ($78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29 2026), and Madison Metropolitan RFB 4163 fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 weekly servings, due July 29 2026); institutional-kitchen solicitations such as Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP (estimated $969,460.94, 32,409 cases, due June 24 2026) and Bridgeport Board of Education grocery bid (1,100+ line items, due June 30 2026); and correctional-facility produce contracts from Texas and Illinois with October and August 2026 response deadlines. No opportunities reference dwarf huckleberries as a line item or contract focus.