UNSPSC 50322205: Dried duke blueberries

The variety of blueberries known as duke blueberries that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50322205 Dried duke blueberries (Commodity) does not align with the state and local procurement activity captured in the recent solicitation record. While the code nominally specifies a single dried-fruit product, the opportunities tagged under it span broad food service procurement for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and state agencies—including fresh produce, eggs, proteins, dairy, grains, and miscellaneous food staples rather than dried blueberries specifically. Only one solicitation—Santa Clara County's dried fruits and nuts procurement for its correctional facility (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026)—touches dried fruit at all, and that RFP explicitly calls for raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans, with no mention of dried blueberries. The mismatch between the code's product specification and the actual scope of work being solicited suggests either a broad tagging error or that dried blueberries represent a minor line item within larger food service contracts that are not individually surfaced in procurement notices.

Issuing bodies driving food service procurement include school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Liberty County Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state corrections agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), municipalities (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), and county sheriff departments (Santa Clara County, California). School district nutrition programs dominate the activity, with contracts typically spanning 12 months from July 1 through June 30, responding to annual budget cycles. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Missouri, California, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools' fresh produce IFB (due June 26, 2026), Bridgeport's broad commodities procurement for its Board of Education nutrition center (due June 26, 2026), Douglas County School System's fresh produce and eggs RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts across two Georgia areas with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending (due March 4, 2026), and Santa Clara County's dried fruits and nuts ITB for correctional food services (due February 5, 2026). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content and USDA compliance are standard across solicitations. The code shows activity but does not cleanly track dried blueberries as a discrete procurement category.