UNSPSC 50301808: Atropurpurea barberries

The variety of barberries known as atropurpurea barberries

UNSPSC 50301808 Atropurpurea barberries, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual procurement activity being solicited under it. Recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code are overwhelmingly for fresh produce distribution to institutional food service operations—schools, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, and child care programs—including apples, bananas, leafy greens, root vegetables, tomatoes, peppers, berries, and other common fresh fruits and vegetables. The code's narrow focus on a single ornamental plant variety bears no operational connection to the institutional fresh-produce supply contracts that dominate the recent opportunity set. This mismatch signals either a classification error in the source data or a legacy code assignment that no longer reflects purchasing patterns. Issuing bodies include school districts (Madison Metropolitan in Wisconsin, Hancock County and Dougherty County in Georgia, Bryan County in Georgia, Early County in Georgia, Bartow County in Georgia, DeSoto County in Mississippi), state departments of corrections (Texas, Illinois), mental health centers (Illinois), and municipal and county departments of human services (San Antonio, Collier County). The geographic spread spans Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Illinois, Connecticut, Florida, and Arizona, with school districts representing the plurality of recent activity. No vendors are pursuing barberries under this code; the recent activity is genuine institutional fresh-produce procurement redirected to an inapplicable taxonomy entry.

Instructional procurement professionals evaluating this code should treat it as inactive or miscoded. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice soliciting fresh fruit and vegetable supply to food warehouses in Palestine and Huntsville (RFQ IW267376 due October 19, 2026, and IW267411 due October 14, 2026); Collier County Board of County Commissioners issuing an Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park (ITN 258360, proposals due March 6, 2025); the Illinois Department of Mental Health seeking fresh produce delivery to Madden Mental Health Center (RFQ 27444DHSMENTHB53608, due August 14, 2026); and Madison Metropolitan School District requesting bids for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFBs 4162 and 4163, due July 29, 2026, with estimated contract value of $78,000 for bananas alone). Pursuit under this code is not recommended; vendors should instead monitor UNSPSC Family or Class codes for fresh produce, institutional food service, or school nutrition procurement.