UNSPSC 50347011: Frozen elderberries

The type of fruit known as elderberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50347011 Frozen elderberries (Commodity) covers food items supplied to state and local institutional facilities, schools, and public-assistance programs. Recent solicitations show school districts, state health and human services agencies, county corrections departments, and child nutrition programs procuring frozen berries and mixed frozen produce as components of broader grocery and food-service contracts. The code sees application in CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program) nutrition compliance, USDA National School Lunch Program procurement, and state facility food service, where frozen elderberries and similar berries appear as line items within larger multi-hundred-item frozen-foods and grocery specifications rather than as standalone purchases.

State and local buyers are concentrated in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers), Georgia (multiple school districts including Hancock County, Bulloch County, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Fulton County, plus the City of Bridgeport purchasing for the Bridgeport Board of Education), California (Santa Clara County corrections), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools). School nutrition programs represent the dominant category of recent activity, with nearly all recent large solicitations posted between February and July 2026. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026, covering 110+ line items with $32,226 prior-year spend); the City of Bridgeport's IFB BNB052266 for 1,100+ grocery line items supporting the National School Lunch Program (due June 30, 2026); Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for frozen foods and produce under CACFP (due June 24, 2026, with $969,460.94 estimated value); and multiple Georgia school district RFPs and IFBs for fresh and frozen produce spanning early 2026 with response dates ranging from February through June. The Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution (due February 18, 2026) estimated $9 million annual expenditure across 32 schools. None of the recent solicitations explicitly named frozen elderberries as a line item; the code's representation in state and local procurement appears indirect, nested within broader frozen-produce and grocery-supply categories rather than as a specific commodity focus.