UNSPSC 50307104: Viking chokeberries

The variety of chokeberries known as viking chokeberries

UNSPSC 50307104 Viking chokeberries (Commodity) captures state and local purchases of fresh produce, though recent solicitations show the code is being applied broadly to general fresh fruit and vegetable procurement rather than specifically to chokeberries. State and local issuing bodies are sourcing fresh fruits and vegetables—apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and other produce—primarily through correctional facilities, school districts, senior services, health care centers, and municipal departments. Buyers include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (multiple food warehouse locations), Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health, school districts across Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, Texas, and Florida, the City of Bridgeport, Head Start programs, Collier County Parks and Recreation, and San Antonio senior services. Most solicitations are RFBs (request for bids) or RFPs with sealed bid openings; a smaller number use ITN (Invitation to Negotiate) structures. Produce sourcing is tied to meal programs—National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Head Start, and corrections and health care facility dining—with delivery requirements typically weekly or bi-weekly to central warehouses or multiple school sites.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Florida. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted at least four fresh-produce solicitations between late September and mid-October 2026 for food warehouses in Snyder, Wynne (Huntsville), and Palestine. Georgia school districts—Bryan County, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, and DeSoto County—issued bids for fresh produce in May and June 2026 targeting the 2026-27 school year, with delivery to multiple school sites and contract terms typically running July 1 through June 30. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) bid petite bananas and fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks in July 2026 under separate RFBs. Illinois facilities (Joliet Treatment Center, Madden Mental Health Center) and Collier County (Florida) parks issued smaller-scale produce solicitations in August and September 2026. Buy American provisions (51% domestic agricultural content or comparable) appear in school nutrition and corrections procurements. Evaluation criteria weight cost heavily (30–40%), with secondary emphasis on vendor qualifications, local-vendor or diverse-business status, compliance with food safety and HACCP standards, and service delivery capability. Insurance requirements typically include general liability ($500,000–$1,000,000 per occurrence) and workers' compensation. Contract terms generally run twelve months with optional renewal periods (one to four additional years by mutual agreement).