UNSPSC 50336223: Dried organic sweet cultivated raspberry

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

UNSPSC 50336223 Dried organic sweet cultivated raspberry (Commodity) encompasses dried raspberry products purchased by school districts and correctional facilities as components of institutional food service procurement. Recent state and local opportunities show school nutrition programs and state corrections departments buying dried berries—fresh and processed—as part of broader cafeteria produce and food commodity contracts. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) and the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Board of Education both solicited fresh produce including raspberries and other berries for 2026–27 nutrition service under IFB notices; the Georgia State Department and Texas Department of Criminal Justice likewise procured food and beverage items with dried fruit components for institutional dining and warehouse distribution. Issuing bodies include independent school districts, city boards of education, state corrections agencies, and state procurement divisions acting on behalf of customer agencies. Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products are standard across school lunch procurement.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Schools (Sparta, Georgia) posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with responses due June 26, 2026, covering over 200 produce line items including raspberry, blackberry, and strawberry for delivery to three school sites through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities for the Board of Education Nutrition Center via RFB with electronic submission due June 26, 2026, including fruit and vegetable products across 115 line items. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF via the Statewide Procurement Division for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with an extended response deadline of May 4, 2026, covering approximately 382 line items with delivery to six TDCJ distribution points and initial contract term through August 31, 2027, plus two optional one-year renewals. The Georgia State Department posted a general food, supplies, and kitchen products solicitation on May 15, 2026, with responses due June 22, 2026. A separate TDCJ specialty procurement (Bid No. IW236532, posted April 23, 2026) targeted dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality for the Corpus location with minimum order of 1,400 boxes, suggesting institutional demand for dried fruit items extends beyond fresh produce categories.