UNSPSC 50392004: Organic cherokee blackberry purees

The variety of organic blackberries known as organic cherokee blackberries which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50392004 Organic cherokee blackberry purees, a Commodity code, encompasses shelf-stable and fresh fruit products—particularly canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh berries, and miscellaneous fruit items—that state and local governments procure for food service operations at correctional facilities, veterans' homes, state supported living centers, school districts, and senior services departments. Recent solicitations show the code capturing a broad spectrum of institutional food procurement rather than exclusively organic Cherokee blackberry purees; the actual buying spans preserved fruits, fresh produce for school nutrition programs, and commodity food items distributed through state facilities. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and health services, state veterans' facilities, county boards of education, independent school districts, county social services departments, and municipal school nutrition operations. The procurement method varies widely—ITBs dominate correctional and state facility procurement, while RFPs and IFBs are common for school districts and county operations.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and West. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two ITBs for canned applesauce (June 2026 and May 2026 closings), the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office has solicited weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy multiple times (August and June 2026 closings), and Texas facilities—the Texas Health and Human Services Commission El Paso State Supported Living Center (July 2026), TDCJ cafeteria products (May 2026), and supplemental food for state hospitals and supported living centers (March 2026)—show sustained demand. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners requested informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including jelly and canned proteins (October 2026 closing), Hancock County Board of Education solicited fresh produce spanning over 200 line items for the 2026–27 school year (June 2026 closing), and Austin Independent School District requested proposals for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (July 2026 closing). The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut and Texas Health and Human Services Commission have also posted broad commodity food solicitations. Contract values where disclosed range from roughly $41,500 for Oregon applesauce lots to $1.5 million for Texas state-supported living center food and consumables, with Buy American provisions and prevailing wage compliance standard across school and state facility work.