UNSPSC 50304700: Mulberries

Any of a genus (morus of the family moraceae, the mulberry family) of trees with an edible usually purple multiple fruit that is an aggregate of juicy one-seeded drupes

UNSPSC 50304700 Mulberries is a Class code that spans fresh produce supply and delivery to institutional food service operations — specifically institutional purchasing of fresh fruits and vegetables for correctional facilities, mental health centers, school nutrition programs, senior services, and child care programs. State and local buyers under this code are issuing solicitations for produce that ranges from bulk weekly or bi-weekly deliveries of standard commodities (apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, onions, potatoes, tomatoes) to specialized items (petite bananas in color-graded packs, local farm-sourced produce within 400-mile radius restrictions, ready-to-eat processed snacks), all typically requiring USDA compliance, HACCP plans, temperature-controlled delivery, and quality guarantees. The issuing bodies are a mix of state departments of corrections and mental health, county school districts, city school systems, county boards of education, regional health coalitions, and municipal senior services divisions—with school nutrition programs representing the heaviest concentration of recent activity. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh-produce solicitations in the past month alone, and Georgia school districts account for approximately one-third of the recent opportunities in the dataset.

Recent activity is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Connecticut, and Mississippi. Representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetable supply RFP for Palestine and Snyder food warehouses (responses due October 14 and October 19, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District Food & Nutrition Department's sealed bid for petite bananas (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026, estimated annual value $78,000) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks processed and delivered ready-to-eat (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026, 5,900 weekly servings); Dougherty County Board of Education School Nutrition Program's sealed bid for fresh produce across 24 school sites (due June 16, 2026); and the Bartow County School System's request for proposals on local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced from farms within 400 miles (RFP 10-2026-019, due June 22, 2026). Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center sought weekly produce deliveries under small purchase procurement (due August 14, 2026), and Head Start of Greater Dallas issued an IFB for grocery products including frozen foods, produce, and meat to serve CACFP-eligible children (estimated value $969,460.94, bids due June 24, 2026). Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, prevailing-wage certification, and local-vendor preferences (particularly in Wisconsin, Texas, and Georgia) appear in a majority of school and correctional facility solicitations.