UNSPSC 50326600: Dried saskatoon berries

The type of fruit known as saskatoon berries that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50326600 Dried saskatoon berries, a Class code, encompasses dried berry products procured by state and local school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and state food supply chains. Recent solicitations show school districts and state agencies buying dried fruits — including prunes, berries, and specialty dried commodities — as components of larger fresh and processed food contracts for cafeteria operations and institutional meal service. The Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) itemizes multiple berry varieties across 200 line items; the City of Bridgeport Board of Education nutrition procurement (posted June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026) requests 115 commodity line items including fruit products; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procurement (IFB 304T-26-300CF, posted May 4, 2026, extended to May 4 response deadline) spans 382 food line items with dried fruit components. School districts drive the majority of recent activity, supplemented by state correctional and food-service agencies. Pricing is firm fixed for the contract term, with Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content for processed items.

Recent solicitations cluster in the South and across multi-site institutional food networks. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) and Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) posted within two weeks of each other in June 2026, both seeking produce and commodity products with delivery to school nutrition centers and firm fixed pricing through June 30, 2027. The State of Georgia (posted May 15, 2026, due June 22, 2026) solicited food supplies with scope details in an attached document. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, issued the largest identified opportunity — IFB 304T-26-300CF covering multiple warehouse locations across five Texas geographic areas with an extended response deadline of May 4, 2026 and a contract term through August 31, 2027 plus two optional one-year renewals. An earlier TDCJ procurement (IW236532 for whole pitted dried prunes, posted April 23, 2026, originally due February 20, 2026) called for 1,400 boxes minimum order delivered to a Corpus location, demonstrating ongoing demand for dried fruits within correctional food supply chains. All school and agency contracts require USDA compliance, HACCP plans where applicable, and compliance with state and federal food safety regulations.