UNSPSC 50307100: Chokeberries

The type of fruit known as chokeberry

UNSPSC 50307100 Chokeberries, a Class code, encompasses fresh produce supply and delivery to state and local institutions, though chokeberries specifically appear only in the code name; the recent solicitations bought under this code actually cover broad fresh fruit and vegetable procurement for correctional facilities, mental-health centers, school nutrition programs, senior services, child care food programs, and regional parks. State and local issuing bodies driving demand include corrections departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections), school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County in Georgia; Bridgeport in Connecticut; DeSoto County in Mississippi), county governments (Collier County in Florida; DeSoto County in Mississippi), city procurement offices (Bridgeport, Edinburg and San Antonio in Texas), state health agencies (Illinois Department of Mental Health), and specialized procurement entities like Head Start of Greater Dallas and Marion Health Care Coalition. The work ranges from bulk fresh-produce distribution under standing contracts with fixed or cost-plus pricing models, to school-nutrition program supply chains serving 400-plus students daily with compliance to USDA, CACFP, and Texas Department of Agriculture standards, to bi-weekly or weekly delivery of specified produce to institutional kitchens with temperature control, traceability, and quality-assurance mandates. Buy American and domestic-sourcing preferences appear consistently across school-district solicitations, and many require prevailing-wage compliance, HACCP plans, and comprehensive insurance.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Connecticut, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting fresh fruit and vegetables for the Palestine facility (RFQ IW267376, due October 19, 2026) and the Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (IW267420 and IW267411, both due October 14, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District bidding petite bananas and fresh-fruit-and-vegetable snacks (RFB 4162 and 4163, due July 29, 2026, with estimated annual value of $78,000 for bananas alone); Hancock County Board of Education seeking fresh produce for school year 2026-27 (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026, covering 200+ line items); and Head Start of Greater Dallas procuring approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products under IFB 26-GP (due June 24, 2026, with total estimated value of $969,460.94). Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for North Collier Regional Park food services (ITN, due March 6, 2025, with local-vendor preference of 10 evaluation points) and the City of San Antonio's RFP for produce-market consulting and delivery at 15 senior-center sites (due May 27, 2026) illustrate diversification beyond traditional institutional cafeterias into parks and community-services operations. School districts uniformly require firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, weekly or bi-weekly delivery windows between early morning and early afternoon, 97–98 percent fill rates, and documented traceability by farm of origin where state law or grant funding mandates local or regional sourcing.