UNSPSC 50301800: Barberries

The type of fruit known as barberries

UNSPSC 50301800 Barberries, a Class code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities list shows no solicitations for barberries or specialty berries as commodities; instead, all tagged records describe procurements for fresh produce broadly—fruits, vegetables, and fresh-cut snacks—primarily serving institutional food-service programs in correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, and regional parks. The code's nominal scope (a single specialty fruit variety) does not match the work state and local governments are actually buying.

State and local issuing bodies procuring under this code span Texas Department of Criminal Justice (food warehouse supply for correctional facilities), multiple school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bridgeport Board of Education, DeSoto County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bartow County, Early County, and Bryan County in Georgia), county social services (Collier County parks and recreation), Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health, Head Start organizations, and municipal senior services departments. Procurement notices are issued as RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITNs; recent activity dates from June through October 2026, with response deadlines clustered in late June through October. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Bartow County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County) and Texas (TDCJ food warehouses, Edinburg CACFP program, Head Start of Greater Dallas), with secondary activity in Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida. Representative recent procurements include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB for fresh fruit and vegetables to Palestine and Snyder food warehouses (due October 2026), the Collier County ITN for food-service concessions at North Collier Regional Park (due March 2025), Madison Metropolitan School District RFBs for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (due July 2026), and Hancock County Schools IFB for 200+ line items of fresh produce spanning apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, citrus, and specialty fruits (due June 2026). Most institutional procurements carry Buy American or domestic-sourcing preferences, require HACCP plans and food-safety certifications, mandate general liability and workers' compensation insurance, and impose delivery frequency and temperature controls. School districts frequently apply local-vendor preferences or geographic sourcing windows (e.g., within 400 miles), and many weight diverse-owned business status in evaluation criteria. The code shows active, recurring procurement volume but does not reflect its stated commodity focus.