UNSPSC 50306212: Jepson whitebark raspberry

The variety of raspberries known as jepson whitebark raspberry

UNSPSC 50306212 Jepson whitebark raspberry is a Commodity code that sees minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a single fruit variety, yet the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly seeking Jepson whitebark raspberries or this cultivar by name. Instead, the opportunities record a broad range of fresh produce, dried fruit, and food-service procurement across school districts, municipalities, child care agencies, and correctional facilities—spanning apples, bananas, berries, vegetables, eggs, and institutional meal programs. The mismatch between the code's narrow commodity scope and the actual solicitation landscape suggests either misclassification in state procurement databases or that this specific raspberry variety does not drive standalone procurement volume at the state and local level.

Recent opportunities show institutional food service buying concentrated among school nutrition programs and child care agencies across Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, and California, typically bundled into comprehensive fresh-produce or food-supply contracts rather than single-commodity buys. The City of Edinburg, Texas (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) and Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026) procure mixed fresh produce for meal programs; Madison Metropolitan School District (RFB 4162 and RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026) bid petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks. Produce procurement heavily favors domestic sourcing, Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, and weekly or bi-weekly delivery to centralized or distributed school and program sites. If your firm supplies specialty berry varieties, the entry point is competitive bidding on multi-item fresh-produce contracts—not standalone raspberry SKU procurement. Visibility into this code requires monitoring school-district food RFPs and cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) that aggregate demand across 30+ districts; standalone raspberry opportunities at this tier do not appear in the current market.