UNSPSC 50352013: Frozen organic tayberries

The variety of organic blackberries known as organic tayberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50352013 Frozen organic tayberries is a Commodity code representing specialized produce items state and local governments procure for institutional food service — school districts, county senior services, municipal departments, and state facilities. Recent solicitations under this code show that state and local buyers are acquiring produce and food items through formal competitive bidding, though the three posted opportunities reveal a broader procurement pattern: school districts and county nutrition departments are sourcing fresh and processed foods across multiple commodity codes simultaneously. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases on behalf of the Bridgeport Board of Education, and the Hancock County and Early County Boards of Education are the repeat institutional buyers in the recent activity block, each managing nutrition programs subject to Buy American provisions, USDA compliance, and National School Lunch Program requirements. These jurisdictions are sourcing staple proteins, produce, dairy, and prepared items rather than specialty frozen berries as discrete line items; where frozen or specialty items appear, they are embedded within broader food contracts spanning dozens or hundreds of line items rather than procured in isolation.

Activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with school nutrition departments and county social-services agencies driving the volume. Hancock County Board of Education posted an IFB for fresh produce spanning 200-plus line items including berries (blackberry, pineberry, raspberry, strawberry) with a bid due date of June 26, 2026, seeking delivery to three school locations through June 30, 2027. Early County Board of Education issued a line-by-line food bid due June 8, 2026 encompassing approximately 300 food items and 60 non-food products for three schools with a July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 contract term. The City of Bridgeport sought electronic bids on over 1,100 line items of grocery items for the school board's Food & Nutrition Services Department with a June 30, 2026 deadline, requiring Buy American compliance at 51 percent domestic agricultural content. Vendors competing for these awards must carry commercial general liability insurance, maintain HACCP plans, comply with debarment verification, and accept firm fixed pricing with all transportation included; the school-district buyers retain the right to award to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis.