UNSPSC 50342006: Frozen dirksen blackberries

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

UNSPSC 50342006 Frozen dirksen blackberries is a Commodity code that maps to one narrow product line—frozen blackberries—but the recent state and local opportunities do not feature this code in isolation. Instead, frozen blackberries appear as a single line item within much broader grocery and food-service solicitations spanning proteins, produce, dairy, condiments, and consumables. State and local governments procure frozen berries primarily through school nutrition programs, institutional food service (state hospitals and supported living centers), child-care facilities, and corrections departments. The solicitations show school districts and state health agencies as the primary issuing bodies, with most activity concentrated in Georgia, Texas, and other states with large K–12 populations and institutional food-service networks.

The frozen-berry category sits within much larger commodity bundles. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0016792, posted February 26, 2026, covers 210 line items of supplemental food and consumables for state hospitals and living centers statewide with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years; frozen items including berries are embedded in that broader scope. Similarly, school districts—including Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Henry County Schools (Georgia), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri)—have issued line-item-based solicitations for grocery products spanning 300 to 900 line items each, with frozen produce and berries typically occupying one or two positions. The Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016590, posted April 9, 2026, explicitly solicited frozen fruit berries (blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, Marion berries) as a standalone procurement of approximately 40,000 pounds with a historical pricing benchmark of $0.89 per pound; this is one of few opportunities where frozen berries were the primary commodity rather than an incidental line item. Geographic spread centers on the Southeast and Texas, with secondary activity in the Pacific Northwest, California, and Missouri. Opportunities are typically RFPs and IFBs with response windows ranging from two to six weeks; most contracts run July 1 through June 30 to align with school fiscal years. Frozen blackberries as a standalone procurement category see limited recent activity; pursuit is advisable primarily when bundled within larger school nutrition or institutional food-service contracts where volume and margin can justify the complexity of multi-item management.