UNSPSC 50301806: Mentor barberries

The variety of barberries known as mentor barberries

UNSPSC 50301806 Mentor barberries (Commodity) represents a narrow commodity code that does not reflect the actual procurement activity occurring under it in state and local markets. The source contains no recent opportunities for mentor barberries specifically; instead, the opportunities tagged to this code are uniformly for fresh produce procurement—fruits, vegetables, and related food service items. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District, DeSoto County School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, Early County Board of Education, Bryan County School Nutrition Program), correctional and mental health facilities (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), cities and counties (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, City of Bridgeport, City of San Antonio, City of Edinburg), and nonprofit child and senior services organizations (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Marion Health Care Coalition). The actual work being solicited is delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables to support school meal programs, institutional food service, child and adult care food programs, and senior nutrition initiatives—not barberry procurement.

Recent opportunities show concentrated activity across school districts in Georgia and Texas, with additional volume from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Illinois state facilities. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, 150-count case packs, annual value estimated at $78,000, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 servings weekly for elementary students, Wisconsin-sourced, due July 29, 2026); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's RFP for fresh produce delivery to Snyder Food Warehouse and Wynne Food Warehouse (responses due October 14, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce across multiple apple varieties, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, and melons (due June 26, 2026); and the Illinois Department of Corrections' small-purchase RFQ for fresh produce bi-weekly delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (due September 3, 2026). The code's application to actual barberry supply contracts appears abandoned or dormant in recent state and local procurement cycles, suggesting either a taxonomy mismatch or the absence of current demand for this specialty produce item among public buyers.