UNSPSC 50336200: Dried organic raspberries

Any of various usually black or red edible berries that are aggregate fruits consisting of numerous small drupes on a fleshy receptacle and that are usually rounder and smaller than the closely related blackberries that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50336200 Dried organic raspberries is a Class code that encompasses fresh and dried berry products purchased by state and local governments primarily through school nutrition programs, correctional food services, and district-level commodity procurement. Recent solicitations show the code does not cleanly map to dried raspberries alone; instead, state and local buyers are procuring broad fresh produce and dried fruit categories under single contracts that combine berries (fresh blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, and pineberries) with apples, vegetables, citrus, specialty fruits, and other staple commodities. The Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce spanning 200 line items including multiple berry varieties, and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department's January 2026 ITB for dried fruits and nuts (including dried cranberries and tropical fruit mix) exemplify the scope. School districts dominate the issuing body mix, with solicitations from Hancock County Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System all appearing in the recent activity block. Correctional facilities and central purchasing cooperatives (such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts) also procure under this code tier. State-level procurement offices issue as well, including the Georgia Department of Education and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Missouri, Virginia, and California. The Hancock County Board of Education IFB (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) called for sealed bids on fresh produce with over 200 line items including raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries, with delivery to three school sites and a contract period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued an IFB (posted June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026) for 115 commodity line items spanning eggs, poultry, dairy, beef, and fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center. Fairfax County Public Schools posted a Master Grocery K-12 IFB (posted April 6, 2026, due April 27, 2026) requiring bidders to supply a minimum of 76 items from 89 school-delivery line items across 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with one-year performance from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations. Contract periods typically run July 1 through June 30 to align with school fiscal and operational years, with pricing firm for the full term and awards made to single or multiple vendors based on lowest responsive bid and compliance with detailed nutritional and food safety specifications.