UNSPSC 50346201: Frozen american red raspberry

The variety of raspberries known as american red raspberry that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50346201 Frozen american red raspberry, a Commodity code, represents a narrow food product line that state and local governments buy primarily for institutional food service — schools, state hospitals, correctional facilities, and child care centers that serve standardized meals to large populations. Recent solicitations show this commodity appearing embedded within much broader grocery and food service RFPs rather than as a standalone line item, typically listed as one frozen fruit variety among dozens of items in procurement packages spanning proteins, produce, dairy, and pantry staples. The code sees activity from state health and human services agencies, school districts, county corrections departments, and child care networks, with issuing bodies concentrated in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), Georgia (multiple school districts and county boards of education), and scattered locations in California, Missouri, Connecticut, Oregon, and Florida.

State and local procurement offices in Texas, Georgia, California, and the broader Southeast drive the recent activity. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple institutional food service IFBs (HHS0017660 for Big Spring State Hospital due July 27, 2026, and HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center due July 13, 2026) that encompass frozen fruit and vegetable lines as part of comprehensive food supply contracts; the Douglas County School System in Georgia issued RFP 26-003 for Food Supply and Distribution Services (February 18, 2026 response date) and related buying cooperative solicitations covering produce and food items for school nutrition. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted an ITB (S2910000016590, due April 23, 2026) specifically for frozen fruit berries — blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and Marion berries — at 40,000 pounds annually, and the County of Santa Clara, California solicited dried fruits and nuts (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026) for correctional food service. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix — Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) all issued food procurement IFBs or RFPs in the first half of 2026 with response dates between February and June. Frozen raspberry does not appear as a high-volume staple in any single recent solicitation; it surfaces as one option in mixed-fruit or frozen-vegetable line-item menus rather than as a primary procurement driver, suggesting limited standalone demand but consistent presence in institutional nutritional planning.