UNSPSC 50316703: Organic ever bearing strawberries

The variety of organic strawberries known as organic ever bearing strawberries

UNSPSC 50316703 Organic ever bearing strawberries is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little relevant purchasing. The sole solicitation tagged with this code — Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 — actually procures petite bananas, a product unrelated to strawberries. The District's second recent solicitation (RFB 4163) for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks makes no specific mention of strawberries or organic produce as a line item, instead emphasizing locally sourced produce within 400 miles of Madison and ready-to-eat items subject to a $0.20 per pound preference discount on organic goods when cost and quality are comparable. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual goods being solicited suggests the code lacks current, focused activity in state and local procurement.

School districts across Georgia, Texas, and Wisconsin are actively procuring fresh produce for child nutrition programs, but they are buying broad commodity portfolios — bananas, apples, carrots, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, and eggs — through RFBs and RFPs with response deadlines in March through July 2026. Representative buys include Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 fresh produce line items (due June 26, 2026, covering multiple apple varieties and berries but without strawberries called out separately), Bulloch County School District's RFP for 24 locally grown produce items including strawberries at $3.13 per pound historically (proposals due May 4, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP for 30 districts across Georgia with approximately $5.5 million combined estimated annual spending on produce and eggs (proposals due March 4, 2026). Organic certification and local-sourcing mandates appear in district solicitations, but strawberries are bundled into broader fresh-fruit categories rather than procured as a dedicated commodity. The code shows no concentrated activity and does not represent a distinct procurement focus at the state or local level.