UNSPSC 50352500: Frozen organic cherries

Any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus prunus) of the rose family that bear pale yellow to deep red or blackish smooth-skinned drupes enclosing a smooth seed and that include some cultivated for their fruits or ornamental flowers that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50352500 Frozen organic cherries is a Class code covering the supply of frozen and fresh produce items to state and local educational and institutional food service operations. State and local governments procure under this code primarily through school districts and county boards of education sourcing produce for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program meal planning. The work entails supplying fresh and frozen fruits (apples, berries, melons, citrus), vegetables (broccoli, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens), and related produce meeting USDA domestic-content requirements and nutrition standards under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, with products delivered on a firm fixed-price basis to central warehouses and individual school sites on weekly schedules. Issuing bodies are almost exclusively school districts and county boards of education, with administrative oversight by child nutrition services departments. Recent solicitations span school systems serving 6,900 to 25,500 students with annual fresh-produce budgets ranging from approximately $1.1 million to $4.4 million.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia, where recent opportunities include the Douglas County School System issuing an RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative (sealed proposals due March 4, 2026; estimated annual value approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two), the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System soliciting fresh produce under Bid 26-34 (sealed bids due April 23, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET), the Hancock County Board of Education requesting fresh produce under IFB #SN002-2027 (sealed bids due June 26, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.), and the Early County Board of Education seeking food and non-food products (bids due June 8, 2026). Outside Georgia, the City Schools of Decatur issued an IFB for frozen foods and grocery items (sealed bids due May 15, 2026), the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut solicited grocery items for the Board of Education (electronic bids due June 30, 2026), and the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri sought grocery items supporting approximately 7,800 lunch and breakfast participants (electronic bids due April 29, 2026). All solicitations require Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility, firm pricing with no fuel surcharges, and delivery to multiple school sites Monday through Friday within specified windows.