UNSPSC 50306217: Purpleflowering raspberry

The variety of raspberries known as purpleflowering raspberry

UNSPSC 50306217 Purpleflowering raspberry, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity on record. The recent opportunities tagged under or near this code predominantly solicit fresh produce, grocery items, and food service supplies for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, senior services, and correctional food operations—with purpleflowering raspberry as a distinct product line appearing in none of the posted solicitations. The mismatch suggests either a coding error in the source records or that purpleflowering raspberry as a standalone procurement item sees minimal state and local demand relative to broader fresh-fruit and produce-bundle RFPs and IFBs.

The bulk of fresh-produce procurement activity across state and local jurisdictions centers on comprehensive fruit-and-vegetable line-item sourcing for school districts, child nutrition programs, and facilities serving 20,000+ students or hundreds of children daily. Recent high-volume opportunities include Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut) with $3.1 million in food procurement (RFP 026-41, February 2026); the GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia school districts with $5.5 million combined estimated annual spending across two geographic areas (SN 26-004, February 2026); and Austin Independent School District (Texas) seeking fresh produce and beverages via RFP 26RFP034 (February 2026). School districts, county boards of education, and centralized buying cooperatives dominate the issuing-body mix, with activity concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and California. Representative solicitations include fresh-produce bids from Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia) with 60+ line items and weekly delivery to 16 sites (IFB 27-02, March 2026), McAllen Independent School District (Texas) covering 20,000 students across 31 campuses (RFP 2026-1029, March 2026), and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) supplying 18 elementary schools via the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program at an estimated $600,000 annual budget (RFP 26039RFPDST, April 2026). Individual specialty items such as petite bananas (Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin, RFB 4162, July 2026) and local fresh-fruit-and-vegetable snacks (Madison Metropolitan School District, RFB 4163, July 2026) appear occasionally but typically as line items within larger procurement bundles rather than as standalone commodity bids. Purpleflowering raspberry as an isolated product line warrants direct outreach to state and local nutrition procurement offices to confirm actual demand before resource allocation.