UNSPSC 50307103: Nero chokeberries

The variety of chokeberries known as nero chokeberries

UNSPSC 50307103 Nero chokeberries is a Commodity code, but recent state and local procurement activity shows little relevant buying under this specific line item. Instead, jurisdictions soliciting produce for school nutrition, child care, and institutional food service are procuring broad fresh-fruit-and-vegetable baskets, with chokeberries appearing nowhere in the recent opportunities block. The code's nominal scope—a single specialized berry variety—does not match the buying patterns reflected in recent notices, which span apples, bananas, berries (strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, pineberries), carrots, broccoli, citrus, leafy greens, potatoes, tomatoes, and other staple produce in case quantities for National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal service.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing fresh produce contracts in the past four months include school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District, DeSoto County School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, and many others), city school boards (Bridgeport Board of Education, Meriden Public Schools), county school nutrition programs (Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, Glynn County), independent school districts (Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District, Hillsborough County Public Schools), special-purpose consortiums (GEC Buying Cooperative, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and one county correctional facility (Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff). Notices span RFPs, IFBs, and RFQs with response deadlines concentrated in late June through late July 2026. Geographic activity spans Texas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Oregon, California, and other states. No single vendor or issuing body dominates the field; procurement is fragmented across dozens of discrete school nutrition programs, each procuring independently or through cooperative purchasing vehicles. The code shows no meaningful recent activity specific to nero chokeberries; firms pursuing this code should either target specialty food service operations (hospitals, correctional facilities, niche child nutrition programs) that specify this berry by name, or reconsider whether the broader fresh-produce-for-institutional-food-service opportunity set under related UNSPSC codes warrants pursuit instead.