UNSPSC 50333804: Dried organic mountain huckleberries

The variety of organic huckleberries known as organic mountain huckleberries that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50333804 Dried organic mountain huckleberries is a Commodity code that nominally names a specific dried berry product, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code shows little alignment with that narrow scope. The code exhibits substantial activity around fresh produce, frozen entrees, dairy, proteins, and bulk grocery items for school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and institutional food service, rather than dried mountain huckleberries specifically. Recent solicitations show school districts, state agencies, county corrections systems, and regional school cooperatives procuring broad-based food and grocery items under this code designation, suggesting the code is being used as a catch-all for commodity food procurement rather than as a discrete product line. State and local procurement under this code is dominated by K-12 school nutrition programs seeking annual supply contracts, particularly in Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Missouri, and California, with secondary activity from state corrections and county detention facilities. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issuing IFB SN002-2027 for over 200 fresh produce line items with a June 26, 2026 response date; Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) soliciting a Master Grocery K-12 term contract via IFB 2000004323 with an April 27, 2026 deadline; and Douglas County School System (Georgia) issuing RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts with a March 4, 2026 proposal deadline and an estimated combined annual spending of approximately $5.5 million across two geographic areas.

School districts represent the largest and most frequent issuing bodies under this code, with activity concentrated in Georgia (multiple county school systems and regional cooperatives), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education), and California (Santa Clara County). Institutional food service procurement also includes state-level buys—the State of Georgia (May 15, 2026 due date) and Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller of Public Accounts (May 4, 2026 extended deadline for cafeteria food products across multiple TDCJ distribution points). Procurement vehicles include traditional IFBs with sealed bids and public openings, RFPs through school cooperative portals (DCSS Bonfire, FCPS Bonfire, Savannah-Chatham Bonfire), and ITBs (Santa Clara County ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 for dried fruits and nuts to a corrections facility). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations. Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 annually with firm fixed pricing for the contract period, though some permit midterm adjustments tied to USDA commodity pricing or U.S. Department of Labor indices. Delivery logistics are standardized: weekday-only delivery windows (typically 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.), FOB destination with freight prepaid, and multi-site distribution across 10 to 60+ school locations per contract. Award typically follows lowest responsive and responsible bidder methodology with single or multiple vendor options at the buyer's discretion.