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 that names a specific commodity, but state and local governments buying under this code are actually procuring broad food-service portfolios spanning shelf-stable goods, fresh produce, frozen items, dairy, proteins, and paper supplies to support school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food operations. The solicitations show minimal alignment with the code's nominal scope of frozen organic cherries specifically; instead, issuing bodies are using the code to tag multi-category food purchases. Buyers include school districts, county boards of education, county commissioners' offices, and state departments of education. The work involves responding to informal written quotes (IWQ), invitations for bids (IFB), and formal RFPs with firm fixed pricing, adherence to Buy American provisions (typically 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed items), HACCP food-safety plans, E-Verify compliance, and delivery to multiple school sites or central warehouses on set schedules. All contracts require pricing to include packing and transportation with no separate fuel surcharges, blind product testing by school personnel at vendor expense, and compliance with USDA nutrition standards including the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act where applicable.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners issued an IWQ on October 13, 2026 (due October 19, 2026) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for senior services with delivery to Lawrenceville, Georgia. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases sought bids on over 1,100 grocery-line items for the Board of Education's food-service program (due June 30, 2026) with strict Buy American and nutrition compliance, electronic submission through OpenGov, and $1 million general liability insurance required. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia issued an IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items (berries, cruciferous vegetables, citrus, specialty fruits, root vegetables) for the 2026-27 school year with bids due June 26, 2026 and delivery to three school sites. Early County Board of Education in Georgia sought line-by-line bids for over 300 food items, 60 non-food and paper supplies, and fluid milk meeting USDA whole-grain standards (bids due June 8, 2026). The State of Georgia also posted a food and kitchen-products bid in May 2026 with detailed scope in an attached PDF. School district nutrition programs and county senior-services operations represent the primary demand drivers under this code.