UNSPSC 50306223: Sweet cultivated raspberry

The variety of raspberries known as sweet cultivated raspberry

UNSPSC 50306223 Sweet cultivated raspberry is a Commodity code representing a single produce item actively solicited across school nutrition programs, child care food services, and institutional food operations in state and local procurement. State and local buyers do not procure raspberries in isolation; they acquire them as one line item within broader produce and food-service contracts that span dozens of fruits, vegetables, proteins, and supplies. The recent opportunities supporting this code overwhelmingly come from school districts (elementary through high school), child nutrition agencies, and early education programs seeking produce to meet USDA child nutrition program standards, meal planning requirements, and fresh-fruit-and-vegetable program mandates. Issuing bodies include independent school districts, county boards of education, city school systems, Head Start agencies, and state purchasing cooperatives pooling demand across multiple school districts. Contract structures vary widely—some districts issue line-item bids or RFPs for produce alone, while others bundle raspberries into comprehensive grocery or fresh-produce solicitations that require vendors to quote across 40 to 200+ produce and food items simultaneously.

Recent solicitation activity clusters heavily in Georgia (Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Hancock County, Henry County, Bryan County, and the GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 districts), with significant concurrent activity in Texas (McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, Edinburg, and Head Start of Greater Dallas), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and Oregon (Central Point School District). Solicitation types span RFPs, RFBs (requests for bid), and ITBs (invitations to bid), with response deadlines concentrated in April through July 2026 for 2026-2027 school year contracts. Representative recent opportunities include the GEC Buying Cooperative (covering 30 Georgia school districts) issuing RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs with proposals due March 4, 2026, Bulloch County Board of Education issuing an IFP for local produce within 200 miles with bid opening May 4, 2026, Madison Metropolitan School District issuing RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison with bids due July 29, 2026, and McAllen Independent School District requesting proposals for fresh produce to 31 campuses with proposals due March 6, 2026. Geographic-preference policies, Buy American requirements, local-sourcing mandates, and organic-product price preferences are standard competitive levers, particularly in school districts pursuing farm-to-school alignment or federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding.