UNSPSC 50336205: Dried organic delicious raspberry

The variety of organic raspberries known as organic delicious raspberry that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50336205 Dried organic delicious raspberry, a Commodity code, covers specialty dried fruit products that state and local governments purchase primarily for school nutrition programs, correctional facility food services, and related institutional food operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and regional food cooperatives acquiring dried raspberries and related dried fruits as ingredients or standalone items for student meal programs, breakfast offerings, and institutional cafeteria operations. The code reflects the actual procurement of processed, shelf-stable dried fruit products with specific packaging, nutritional, and sourcing requirements rather than fresh produce alone. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Hancock County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District), state departments (State of Georgia), county government food service operations (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department of Correction), and regional purchasing cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative on behalf of 30 Georgia school districts). School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, with correctional food services representing a secondary but steady segment.

Recent opportunities span multiple states with notable concentration in Georgia, where school districts and cooperative purchasing vehicles have issued multiple solicitations for dried fruits and fresh produce combined. Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Board of Education have posted overlapping grocery and produce bids that include dried fruit line items. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Santa Clara County Correctional Services have solicited dried fruit and nut products for institutional feeding. Representative opportunities include the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (issued through the GEC Buying Cooperative on behalf of 30 Georgia districts) with approximately $5.5 million in annual estimated spend and an RFP response deadline of March 4, 2026; the County of Santa Clara ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 for dried fruits and nuts at Elmwood Correctional Facility with a February 5, 2026 deadline and five-year contract term including firm pricing in Year 1 and optional increases capped at vendor-proposed rates in Years 2–5; and Hancock County Schools IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce including raspberries, blackberries, and other berries with a June 26, 2026 response deadline and firm pricing through June 30, 2027. Buy American requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed products) and HACCP compliance appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations. All school district contracts require F.O.B. destination, freight-prepaid delivery with firm, fixed pricing for the full contract term, and most reserve the right to award to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis.