UNSPSC 50346210: Frozen gold raspberry

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

UNSPSC 50346210 Frozen gold raspberry, a Commodity code, describes specialty frozen produce items that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations reveal that frozen berries—including raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, and mixed berry blends—are sourced as components of broader frozen-food and grocery-supply contracts rather than as standalone line items, with the Oregon Department of Corrections specifying frozen berries (blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, Marion berries) by IQF standard, and school districts across multiple states incorporating frozen fruit into comprehensive nutrition procurement spanning produce, proteins, dairy, and prepared foods. The code sits within a larger ecosystem of school food service, state institutional feeding, and child nutrition programs that drive the underlying demand.

State and local buyers soliciting under this code span school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Fulton County Schools, multiple districts in Texas and Missouri), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers, Oregon Department of Corrections), Head Start programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas), and county nutrition assistance (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department of Correction Food Services, New Jersey Department of Human Services for food distribution). School districts dominate the recent activity, with most procuring frozen produce as one line within multi-category grocery RFPs or IFBs. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB (posted April 9, 2026, due April 23, 2026) for one full truckload of unsweetened, Grade A or B IQF berries at estimated 40,000 pounds, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0016792 (posted February 26, 2026, due February 23, 2026 with extension to February 23, 2026) for supplemental food and consumables across 210 line items including frozen specialty foods for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Early County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Savannah-Chatham County school systems), Texas (HHSC statewide, Head Start of Greater Dallas, Early County schools), with additional recent solicitations from Oregon, Missouri, Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), New Jersey, and California (Santa Clara County). Frozen berries appear most frequently as commodity items within larger nutrition contracts emphasizing USDA compliance, Buy American provisions, whole-grain and nutrition standards, HACCP food safety requirements, and weekly delivery schedules to school sites or institutional kitchens.