UNSPSC 50306303: Glaskin's perpetual rhubarb

The variety of rhubarb known as glaskin's perpetual rhubarb

UNSPSC 50306303 Glaskin's perpetual rhubarb is a Commodity code that does not map to meaningful recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a single agricultural variety—bears no relationship to the actual work state and local governments are buying under this identifier. Review of 24 recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code reveals consistent procurement for institutional fresh produce supply and delivery: frozen and fresh fruits, vegetables, specialty items, and processed grocery goods for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, child care programs, and municipal food services. The mismatch between the code name and the solicitations' actual scope suggests either a data classification error in the state and local procurement systems or a code repurposing for which the current label is obsolete.

Issuing bodies span state corrections and mental health departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections and Mental Health), county and city school districts (Madison Metropolitan, DeSoto County, Hancock County, Bryan County, Early County, Dougherty County, Bartow County in Georgia), municipal governments (City of San Antonio, City of Bridgeport, City of Edinburg), county boards of education, county governments (Collier County), Head Start organizations, and healthcare coalitions. The geographic concentration is heavy in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida, with repeated activity among Texas TDCJ facilities and Georgia school nutrition programs. Representative solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice fresh fruit and vegetable procurements (IW267420, IW267411, IW267376) with response dates in October 2026; Madison Metropolitan School District's petite bananas RFB 4162 and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks RFB 4163 (both due July 29, 2026, with contract values estimated at $78,000 and seasonal award pending federal grant approval); and multiple Georgia school district sealed-bid procurements for fresh produce spanning hundreds of line items with delivery to multiple school sites and fiscal 2027 terms. Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for North Collier Regional Park food services (due March 6, 2025, subject to local-vendor preference) and Head Start of Greater Dallas' grocery products IFB (pre-bid April 16, 2026; bids due June 24, 2026; estimated value $969,460.94) exemplify the volume and scale of these institutional food-service contracts.