UNSPSC 50312000: Organic blackberries

The type of organic fruit known as organic blackberries

UNSPSC 50312000 Organic blackberries is a Class code that sees minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes organic blackberries, but the recent solicitations tagged under this code predominantly solicit petite bananas, fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, mixed fresh produce, and eggs—products that fall outside the organic blackberry scope. Madison Metropolitan School District and other Georgia school districts have posted opportunities for bananas, apples, citrus, berries, and other fresh produce categories, but no solicitations explicitly target organic blackberries as a line item. The issuing bodies are primarily school nutrition departments across independent school districts, county boards of education, and cooperative purchasing consortia (such as the GEC Buying Cooperative) supporting multi-district procurement. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Wisconsin, with additional solicitations from Texas, Utah, and Florida districts.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being bought suggests that state and local procurement systems have tagged diverse fresh-produce opportunities under this single blackberry code, likely as a data-entry error or overly broad categorization. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison (due July 29, 2026), both advertising weekly usage of 70–90 cases and 5,900 servings respectively and requiring HACCP plans and traceability documentation. The Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004, issued through the GEC Buying Cooperative and covering 30 districts across two Georgia regions, encompasses approximately 72 line items of mixed fresh produce and eggs with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two (proposals due March 4, 2026). Unless your firm specifically sources certified organic blackberries for institutional food service, this code currently carries limited pursuit value; activity here is better tracked by scanning school nutrition RFPs and IFBs across individual states rather than relying on this code's classification.