UNSPSC 50346200: Frozen raspberries

Any of various usually black or red edible berries that are aggregate fruits consisting of numerous small drupes on a fleshy receptacle and that are usually rounder and smaller than the closely related blackberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50346200 Frozen raspberries is a Class code that captures state and local government procurement of fresh and frozen berries and mixed produce items for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, state hospitals and living centers, correctional facilities, and child-care operations. The actual work being solicited spans frozen fruit procurement for inventory stocking (individual quick-frozen berries by the case or truckload), integrated food-service supply contracts where frozen raspberries appear as line items alongside dozens of other proteins, vegetables, and prepared foods, and specialized fresh-produce distribution for federal child nutrition programs. The issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), county school boards (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham County, Fulton County, Henry County), city school districts (Bridgeport Connecticut, Decatur Georgia, Early County Georgia, Hillsborough County Florida), independent child-nutrition agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas), county sheriff departments (Santa Clara County), and state corrections systems (Oregon Department of Corrections). Texas HHSC and Georgia school districts appear repeatedly in recent solicitations.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, with secondary activity in Connecticut, California, Missouri, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (sealed bids due July 27, 2026, spanning 110 line items of proteins, dairy, pantry staples, and beverages with historical spend of $32,226.36 annually), the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' IFB for over 1,100 grocery-line items including frozen products for the Bridgeport Board of Education Food & Nutrition Services under the National School Lunch Program (electronic bids due June 30, 2026, requiring Buy American compliance and LINQ School Solutions ordering integration), the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including berries (bids due June 26, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for one truckload of frozen berries estimated at 40,000 pounds of individually quick-frozen product (bids due April 23, 2026, with five percent Oregon preference applied). Contracts typically run one fiscal year with renewal options of one to four additional years; pricing is firm for initial periods with adjustments permitted only upon documented CPI or market-basket changes; and Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content (commonly 51 percent for processed goods) apply across school nutrition programs. Most opportunities are IFB or RFP vehicles with sealed electronic submissions and public bid opening; several solicitations note USDA commodity compliance, HACCP requirements, and food-recall procedures as mandatory. No specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear in the recent block, though several Georgia school districts signal federal affirmative-contracting preferences for minority, women, and small businesses.