UNSPSC 50342004: Frozen cherokee blackberries

The variety of blackberries known as cherokee blackberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50342004 Frozen Cherokee blackberries (Commodity) captures state and local procurement of specialized frozen berry products, though the recent opportunities show the code tags a narrow product line within a much broader frozen-food and grocery ecosystem where state and local agencies actually buy comprehensive food assortments. The code appears in school districts, state health and human services agencies, and county facilities, but opportunities solicited under it are predominantly multi-category food and grocery bids rather than single-product berry procurements. State and local buyers use frozen and fresh berries as ingredient components in cafeteria operations, institutional food service, and nutrition assistance programs, bundled with proteins, produce, dairy, pantry staples, and consumables. The issuing-body mix spans state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC for state hospital and supported living center operations), county and municipal school boards (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Early County, Decatur, Savannah-Chatham, and Rockwood R-VI), county sheriff's detention facilities (Santa Clara County), and federal-program-funded nonprofits (Head Start of Greater Dallas). A handful of agencies appear multiple times across the recent-opportunity block—Texas HHSC (two separate state institutional food-service bids in June and July 2026), Georgia school districts (Hancock, Bulloch, Early, Savannah-Chatham, Henry County, Douglas County via GEC cooperative, Fulton County), and Rockwood R-VI in Missouri—suggesting the code's relevance to institutional food service and school nutrition programs at scale.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Missouri, with secondary representation in Florida, Connecticut, California, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), spanning approximately 110 line items of proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, beverages, and supplies with a historical-spend baseline of $32,226.36 annually; the Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items across breakfast items, cereals, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, beverages, and meat (due June 30, 2026, electronic submission); Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products under CACFP requirements (sealed bids due June 24, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., with a pre-bid conference April 16, 2026); and Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution serving approximately 25,500 students with estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (proposals due February 18, 2026). The code shows material recent activity but does not isolate frozen blackberries as a standalone procurement focus—vendors pursuing this code should expect to compete on comprehensive frozen-food and grocery-product supply within institutional food-service contexts where berries are one line item among hundreds.