UNSPSC 50342200: Frozen blueberries

The edible blue or blackish berry of any of several plants (genus vaccinium) of the heath family that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50342200 Frozen blueberries, a Class code, covers bulk frozen berry procurement for institutional and public-sector food service operations, though recent state and local solicitations show the code capturing a much broader range of frozen produce and prepared foods rather than blueberries specifically. State and local governments are using this code to solicit everything from frozen mixed vegetables and frozen apple slices to frozen specialty entrees, baked goods, and proteins for state hospitals, supported living centers, school nutrition programs, Head Start child care facilities, and county parks concessions. Issuing bodies span multiple tiers: state health and human services commissions (Texas, Oregon), county and city school districts (Georgia, Connecticut, Texas), county boards of commissioners and school boards (Georgia, New Jersey), and specialized agencies (Head Start programs). Texas Health and Human Services Commission is a repeat buyer, appearing in multiple recent solicitations for institutional food service across state hospitals and supported living centers. The scope includes case-lot frozen commodities delivered on tight schedules with strict temperature, shelf-life, nutritional compliance, and food-safety documentation requirements; vendors typically must meet 90 percent of line items specified, provide firm fixed pricing, maintain delivery windows (often 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday–Friday), and absorb all transportation, handling, and complaint-resolution costs.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017338V1 for frozen food products across state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (approximately $9 million estimated annual volume, responses due August 18, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB S2910000017684 for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples with 5 percent Oregon-goods and Oregon-resident-bidder preferences (bids due August 19, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce and frozen-item procurement for the 2026–27 school year (bids due June 26, 2026), and the City of Bridgeport's IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 line items of grocery and frozen items subject to Buy American requirements and CACFP nutrition standards (bids due June 30, 2026). State-level preferences appear frequently: Oregon offers commodity and resident preferences; Georgia and Connecticut invoke Buy American provisions with domestic-content thresholds; Texas applies no explicit set-asides but weights past vendor performance and best-value analysis. Contract terms typically run one year with renewal options, pricing is firm fixed with limited CPI-indexed adjustments at HHSC's discretion, and historical spend baselines range from $32,000 to $9 million annually depending on facility scope.