UNSPSC 50362203: Canned or jarred brigitta blueberries

The variety of blueberries known as brigitta blueberries that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50362203 Canned or jarred brigitta blueberries is a Commodity code covering canned and preserved fruit products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and supported-living facilities. The recent opportunities show that this code captures a broader category of canned fruit than the nominal title suggests—state and local buyers are issuing solicitations for canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and mixed food supplies using or alongside this Commodity designation. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, school districts (independent and county-based), state health and human services commissions, and county boards of education. Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas HHSC, Texas TDCJ, and multiple Georgia and Texas school districts appear as repeat buyers in recent activity. The work involves procurement of shelf-stable fruit products, fresh produce, eggs, and broader food-service consumables for cafeteria operations, institutional feeding programs, and child nutrition services.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and Missouri, with recent solicitations from the Oregon Department of Corrections (ITB S-29100-00017453 for canned applesauce, bids due July 31, 2026), Texas HHSC (IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables at El Paso State Supported Living Center, bids due July 13, 2026), and Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia (IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties and berries, bids due June 26, 2026). School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Dallas ISD, Fairfax County Public Schools, and Rockwood R-VI School District among recent solicitors. Canned and jarred fruit items command firm, fixed pricing delivered FOB destination with transportation prepaid by contractors; Oregon and Texas buyers commonly apply local-vendor preferences (Oregon's combined 10% preference for Oregon goods and Oregon-based bidders; Texas's SmartBuy administrative fees). Buy American provisions requiring 51% domestic agricultural content appear in multiple school-district and state-agency solicitations. Contract values range from under $50,000 for individual shipments (Oregon applesauce, approximately $41,530 historical value) to $9 million annually (Douglas County School System food supply) and $4.5 million over three years (Texas HHSC statewide supplemental food procurement). Response-driven pricing on cooperative vehicles such as GEC Buying Cooperative expands reach across multi-district purchasing groups.