UNSPSC 50306401: Brier rose hips

The variety of rose hips known as brier rose hips

UNSPSC 50306401 Brier rose hips is a Commodity code that in practice captures fresh produce procurement by state and local food-service operations — though the recent solicitations show that issuing bodies are tagging a much broader range of fresh fruits and vegetables under this narrow botanical code, not brier rose hips specifically. State and local buyers are using this code to solicit apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and dozens of other produce items for institutional food programs. The issuing bodies include state corrections and mental health departments, county school districts, county and municipal senior services, child care food programs, and county boards of education across the South and Upper Midwest. Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears frequently as a repeat buyer, posting multiple solicitations for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to prison food warehouses; Georgia and Illinois school districts and state agencies also show consistent activity. The work being solicited ranges from bi-weekly or weekly bulk produce delivery to institutional food warehouses and school central distribution points to ready-to-eat produce processing and packaging for child nutrition programs.

Recent activity clusters in the South and Midwest, with the heaviest concentration in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued two separate RFBs in July 2026 for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, with annual contract values of $78,000 and contract terms running through June 2027. Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited sealed bids for fresh produce covering 40 line items and 24 school nutrition sites, bids due June 16, 2026. DeSoto County School District (Mississippi) requested fresh produce distribution bids due June 22, 2026, requiring weekly delivery to 41 school sites on a cost-plus-fee model with a 97% service level mandate. Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted four separate fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations between September and October 2026 for supply to prison food warehouses in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville, with response dates between October 14 and October 19, 2026. Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center sought fresh fruits and vegetables with proposals due August 14, 2026, under small purchase rules. Collier County (Florida) issued an ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park due March 6, 2025, offering a 10-point local-vendor preference. City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) bid grocery items including fresh produce for the Board of Education's National School Lunch Program with bids due June 30, 2026, and a Buy American requirement of 51% domestic agricultural ingredients.