UNSPSC 50306701: Chandler strawberries

The variety of strawberries known as chandler strawberries

UNSPSC 50306701 Chandler strawberries, a Commodity code, encompasses the supply and delivery of fresh strawberries to state and local institutional food-service operations, though state and local governments rarely solicit for strawberries alone and instead procure them as part of broader fresh-produce, grocery, or meal-service contracts. State procurement offices, county school districts, city and county departments of human services, state correctional and mental-health facilities, and senior-care coordination bodies issue these solicitations. School nutrition programs dominate the buyer base—the Madison Metropolitan School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bartow County School System, and Early County Board of Education are active recent purchasers. Texas Department of Criminal Justice issues recurring fresh-produce bids covering institutional food warehouses. Illinois Department of Corrections and Illinois Department of Mental Health procurement offices solicit for institutional dietary supply. Representative recent opportunities include Bryan County School Nutrition Program's sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce (including strawberries among a 15+ item lineup) due May 27, 2026, Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB for school year 2026-27 due June 26, 2026, and Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods and produce (bid opening June 24, 2026, with estimated procurement value $969,460.94). Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted separate solicitations for fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply to its Palestine and Snyder food warehouses, with responses due October 19 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Midwest. Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bartow County, Early County) account for a cluster of June 2026 produce solicitations, while Texas state facilities (TDCJ institutional food warehouses) and Illinois state agencies (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health) each issued multiple solicitations in late August through September 2026. Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District) and Mississippi (DeSoto County School District) also posted recent activity. School-nutrition RFBs and IFBs typically specify strawberries as one line item within 40–300+ produce SKUs, priced per case or per pound, with contract terms running one school year (July to June) and optional renewal periods. Procurement vehicles include firm fixed-price bids, cost-plus-fee arrangements, and online-ordering systems. Buy American provisions (51% domestic agricultural content on processed items, maximum domestic sourcing on fresh) are standard. Most awards go to lowest responsive and responsible bidders; some school districts reserve the right to split awards across multiple vendors. Lead times from solicitation posting to bid opening range from 2 to 6 weeks, and contract performance typically begins July 1 of each school year.