UNSPSC 50341800: Frozen barberries

The type of fruit known as barberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341800 Frozen barberries, a Class code, does not match the work state and local governments are actually soliciting under this designation. Recent state and local contract opportunities tagged with this code overwhelmingly procure comprehensive grocery and food service items—including fresh produce, frozen foods, proteins, dairy, condiments, breads, and food service supplies—for institutional cafeterias, school nutrition programs, and state facility food services. The frozen barberries code appears to be a taxonomy mismatch; no recent solicitations in the dataset specifically request barberries, frozen or otherwise. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions (Texas), school districts and boards of education (Georgia, Connecticut, Missouri, Florida), county correction and nutrition departments (Santa Clara County, Hancock County, Henry County), Head Start agencies, and transit or institutional food service operations. The solicitations uniformly emphasize USDA compliance, Buy American provisions, HACCP food safety requirements, and firm fixed pricing with delivery to multiple school or facility locations.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission statewide procurements, Head Start of Greater Dallas), Georgia (Fulton County, Hancock County, Henry County, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham County, Bulloch County, Early County school systems), and scattered single-state activity in Connecticut, Florida, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries supporting Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026, approximately 110 line items, prior-year baseline $32,226.36); the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Board of Education's National School Lunch Program (due June 30, 2026, requiring 51% domestic agricultural content and Buy American compliance); Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products meeting Child and Adult Care Food Program standards ($969,460.94 estimated value, sealed bids due June 24, 2026); and the Douglas County School System RFP for a main-line food service distributor serving 32 schools with approximately $9,000,000 annual expenditure (sealed proposals due February 18, 2026). This code shows substantial and consistent state and local procurement activity, but the activity is broad institutional food service provisioning, not barberry sourcing specifically.