UNSPSC 50306219: San diego raspberry

The variety of raspberries known as san diego raspberry

UNSPSC 50306219 San Diego raspberry, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of fresh and processed berries for school nutrition programs, child care food services, and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show school districts and nutrition programs sourcing fresh raspberries and mixed berry products—often as components of broader fresh produce or snack procurement—to meet USDA nutrition standards and child nutrition program requirements across breakfast, lunch, and supplemental feeding initiatives.

The issuing-body mix spans school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia; Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida; multiple Georgia county school systems), child care and Head Start agencies (City of Edinburg, Texas; Head Start of Greater Dallas; Bartow County School System), school nutrition consortia (GEC Buying Cooperative across 30 Georgia districts), and transit or detention facilities (County of Santa Clara, California). School districts dominate the recent activity, with particular concentration in Georgia counties conducting annual fresh produce procurements that often include berries as line items. Geographic activity spans Texas (Edinburg, McAllen, Austin), Wisconsin (Madison), Florida (Hillsborough County), Georgia (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Bartow County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, Douglas County cooperative), Oregon (Central Point), and California. Most procurement is tagged to school year cycles beginning July 1, 2026, with bid and proposal deadlines clustering in March through May 2026 for fall contracts. Representative opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties, berries (including raspberry), and specialty items with bids due June 26, 2026; Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163) with weekly usage of approximately 5,900 servings and bids due July 29, 2026; and GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP for fresh produce and eggs covering 30 Georgia school districts with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending and proposals due March 4, 2026. The code shows steady activity tied to federal child nutrition program compliance (CACFP, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, National School Lunch Program), with evaluation criteria typically weighting cost at 30–50 percent, product quality and freshness at 15–25 percent, and delivery reliability and vendor qualifications at 15–20 percent. Buy American provisions appear in most school solicitations, requiring domestic sourcing or minimum domestic content percentages; some districts apply geographic preference to produce grown within 50–400 miles of the school location. No significant set-aside or preference programs are named in the recent opportunities, though some RFPs encourage small, minority-owned, and women-owned business participation without formal designation.