UNSPSC 50306403: Rugosa rose hips

The variety of rose hips known as rugosa rose hips

UNSPSC 50306403 Rugosa rose hips, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally covers a narrow botanical product — rugosa rose hips — but the available recent solicitations tagged under this code do not reflect that commodity. Instead, the opportunities represent a broad cross-section of produce, fresh fruits and vegetables, and full food service supply chains for institutional buyers, with rugosa rose hips appearing in none of the posted solicitations. The mismatch between the code's narrow scope and the actual procurement activity suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or that the code is rarely used in practice by state and local buying offices.

The recent opportunities reflect activity across Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Georgia, Connecticut, Mississippi, and other states, spanning Texas Department of Criminal Justice food warehouse supply contracts (fresh produce to Palestine and Snyder facilities; IFB/RFP response dates October 14 and October 19, 2026), multiple school district produce procurement (Madison Metropolitan School District petite bananas at $78,000 annual value through June 2027; DeSoto County School District fresh produce across 41 sites; Hancock County, Bartow County, Bryan County, Early County, and Dougherty County school systems in Georgia), correctional and mental health facility supply (Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center fresh produce with small business set-aside; Illinois Department of Mental Health Madden Mental Health Center weekly deliveries through June 2027), local government and nonprofit food service (Collier County Parks fresh food concessions via ITN with 10-point local-vendor preference; Head Start of Greater Dallas grocery products totaling $969,460.94 across primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers; City of Bridgeport school food supply over 1,100 line items under Buy American and USDA National School Lunch Program requirements; City of San Antonio senior center produce distribution; City of Edinburg CACFP meal program for 400 children), and health-care coalition produce supply (Marion Health Care Coalition). Because the code's nominal definition does not match the solicited work, this summary cannot reliably signal whether opportunities under the true UNSPSC 50306403 definition (rugosa rose hips specifically) exist in the current market. Pursue only after confirming coding accuracy with issuing bodies.