UNSPSC 50301810: Bagatelle barberries

The variety of barberries known as bagatelle barberries

UNSPSC 50301810 Bagatelle barberries (Commodity) does not reflect the activity state and local governments are actually buying under this code. Recent solicitations consistently tag fresh produce procurement — fruits, vegetables, and related food-service items for institutional meal programs — under this barberry commodity code, but the mismatch signals either miscoding at the source or use of a catch-all produce Commodity tier as a fallback when more specific codes are unavailable or unknown to procurement staff. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections (Texas, Illinois), county boards of education (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Early County in Georgia; DeSoto County in Mississippi), city school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bridgeport), counties (Collier County in Florida), Head Start agencies, municipal senior services divisions, and regional health care coalitions. The work being solicited is the supply and delivery of fresh fruits, vegetables, and processed food items to support child nutrition programs, senior meal services, inmate feeding, and institutional food service; quantities range from weekly orders of tens of cases to annual procurements in the tens of thousands of units, with prices firm for contract terms typically running one fiscal or school year.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and South (Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Florida) and Midwest (Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut), with Texas Department of Criminal Justice appearing twice in recent postings and multiple Georgia school districts bidding fall 2026. Representative recent opportunities include Texas Department of Criminal Justice soliciting fresh fruit and vegetable supply to the Palestine facility (RFP IW267376, due October 19, 2026) and Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (IFB IW267420 and IW267411, due October 14, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District requesting petite bananas for school nutrition (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026, estimated annual value $78,000) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program funding (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026, Wisconsin-sourced and processed); Dougherty County Board of Education seeking fresh produce across 24 school nutrition sites (sealed bid due June 16, 2026); and Head Start of Greater Dallas procuring approximately 32,409 cases of produce for child care programs under CACFP (IFB 26-GP, sealed bid due June 24, 2026, estimated total value $969,460.94). Buy American provisions, CACFP compliance, USDA nutrition standards, local-vendor preferences, and small-business set-asides appear across multiple jurisdictions; cooperative purchasing vehicles are in use in Texas.