UNSPSC 50342518: Frozen ruby bing cherries

The variety of cherries known as ruby bing cherries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50342518 Frozen ruby bing cherries is a Commodity code that encompasses specialty frozen fruit products for institutional food service. State and local governments procuring under this code typically buy frozen berries and dried fruits as components of larger school meal, health-care facility, and correctional food service contracts rather than as standalone line items. The code sits within broader grocery and food procurement for public institutions—school districts, state health and human services agencies, county detention facilities, and special-purpose districts. Issuing bodies span state departments of health and human services, county and municipal school boards, county corrections operations, and regional cooperative purchasing entities. Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears as a repeat buyer, with multiple posted opportunities for supplemental foods and consumables across state hospitals and supported living centers. School districts dominate the recent activity, with Georgia school systems (Fulton County, Hancock County, Early County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Savannah-Chatham County) frequently soliciting fresh produce and frozen food items that include berries and specialty fruits within larger multi-category bids. Head Start organizations and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative in Georgia, Texas cooperative contracts) also actively post.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary presence in Connecticut, Missouri, Florida, Oregon, New Jersey, and California. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted an ITB in April 2026 for frozen fruit berries (40,000 pounds of IQF blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and Marion berries), with bids due April 23, 2026, providing a direct match to the commodity code; the County of Santa Clara, California, solicited dried fruits and nuts in January 2026 for correctional food service (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026). Most opportunities, however, tag frozen berries and specialty fruits as line items within larger RFPs and IFBs for comprehensive school nutrition or institutional food service—such as Texas HHSC's supplemental food and consumables bids (HHS0017660 for Big Spring State Hospital due July 27, 2026, and HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center due July 13, 2026) and the Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items RFP (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026), where frozen cherries and other specialty fruits appear as single or few line items among hundreds. School districts and state health agencies typically require firm fixed pricing, HACCP compliance, food safety documentation, and delivery within specified temperature and shelf-life windows; many incorporate cooperative purchasing frameworks that allow secondary vendors and line-item awards to multiple suppliers. Activity is consistent and recurring on an annual or multi-year cycle, particularly for school year contracts commencing July 1 each year.