UNSPSC 50307011: Elderberries

The type of fruit known as elderberries

UNSPSC 50307011 Elderberries is a Commodity code, yet state and local governments procuring under it are actually buying comprehensive fresh-produce and food-supply bundles for child nutrition, school meal, and senior-services programs rather than elderberries specifically. The recent opportunities show school districts, food cooperatives, municipalities, counties, and Head Start organizations issuing RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs for produce distribution contracts that span dozens of line items—apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, berries, and eggs—with elderberries appearing in none of the posted solicitations. The code-to-opportunity mismatch is stark: procurement offices are using this Commodity code to tag institutional food-service acquisitions driven by USDA school lunch and breakfast program mandates, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) requirements, and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) grant funding, not specialty fruit procurement. The issuing bodies span Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Henry County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County, Hancock County, Bartow County), Texas independent school districts and Head Start agencies (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, City of Edinburg CACFP, Head Start of Greater Dallas), Florida school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Connecticut municipalities (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), Oregon school districts (Central Point School District), and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts). Buy American compliance, HACCP plan requirements, and firm fixed pricing with escalation caps tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index benchmarks are standard terms.

Opportunities cluster in Georgia, Texas, and Connecticut, with secondary activity in Florida, Oregon, and California. Representative recent solicitations include the GEC Buying Cooperative's SN 26-004 Fresh Produce and Eggs RFP (Douglas County School System posting on February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026) covering two geographic areas and 30 Georgia districts with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual value; McAllen Independent School District's RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce across 31 campuses (posted March 6, 2026, due March 6, 2026 per Addendum 2); Austin Independent School District's RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and a la carte beverages (posted February 14, 2026, due March 11, 2026); the City of Edinburg's RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal-program supplies including beverages, paper goods, proteins, and produce serving 400 children (posted July 16, 2026, due August 4, 2026, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051); and Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas at $78,000 estimated annual contract value (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks with organic produce preference discounting (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026). The code shows substantial recent activity but with no procurement actually targeting elderberries as a line item.