UNSPSC 50341803: Frozen red barberries

The variety of barberries known as red barberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341803 Frozen red barberries, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specialty dried or frozen berry product—does not align with what state and local agencies are actually buying under this classification. Recent opportunities posted under this code reflect general grocery and food-service procurement for schools, hospitals, corrections facilities, and social-service agencies, but frozen red barberries themselves do not appear as a line item in any of the available solicitations. Issuing bodies span school districts (Hancock County, Early County, Bulloch County, and Savannah-Chatham in Georgia; Bridgeport in Connecticut; Rockwood and Henry County in Missouri; Hillsborough in Florida; Douglas County and Fulton County in Georgia), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers), corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections), Head Start programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas), and county sheriffs (Santa Clara County). The procurement mix is dominated by school nutrition programs and institutional food service for state facilities, typically issued as IFBs or RFPs with firm, fixed unit pricing and delivery requirements to multiple sites.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia, Texas, and Florida, with additional recent solicitations in Connecticut, Missouri, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries for Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026), spanning approximately 110 line items across proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, and beverages with a prior-year baseline of $32,226.36; the City of Bridgeport's IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 grocery line items for the school board's food and nutrition services (due June 30, 2026), subject to Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content; and the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with over 200 line items and multiple apple and berry varieties (due June 26, 2026). The code shows no specific market traction for frozen red barberries as a procurement commodity—the classification appears to be a mislabeling of generalist food-service solicitations rather than a reflection of active demand for this specialty product.