UNSPSC 50306403: Rugosa rose hips

The variety of rose hips known as rugosa rose hips

UNSPSC 50306403 Rugosa rose hips is a Commodity code that nominally covers a specialized botanical ingredient, yet recent state and local procurement activity shows almost no alignment with this specific product category. The single representative opportunity in the source material—the City of Edinburg's RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal program supplies—tags dried or processed rose hip ingredients only tangentially within a much broader food service procurement spanning beverages, paper goods, fresh produce, janitorial supplies, and nonfood kitchen items for child care nutrition. The code's narrow botanical scope does not reflect the institutional food purchasing behavior captured in the recent opportunities block, which documents dozens of solicitations for comprehensive fresh produce, eggs, dried fruits, and prepared grocery items serving school districts, Head Start programs, senior centers, and correctional facilities across multiple states. State and local buyers soliciting under this code are predominantly school nutrition programs and child care agencies issuing IFBs and RFPs for weekly or monthly produce and food supply contracts, with repeat activity from Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Hancock County), Texas school districts (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD), and Florida school districts (Hillsborough County, Meriden Public Schools).

The geographic spread of recent opportunities spans Florida, Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Oregon, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and California, with the heaviest concentration in Georgia school nutrition procurement. Representative recent solicitations include the Bulloch County Board of Education's RFP for local produce and grocery items (May 2026, RFP 043025 and RFP 043025, responses due May 4, 2026), the GEC Buying Cooperative's statewide fresh produce and eggs procurement (RFP SN 26-004, responses due March 4, 2026 for approximately $5.5 million across 30 Georgia school districts), McAllen Independent School District's RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce across 31 campuses (responses due March 6, 2026), and Meriden Public Schools' RFP 026-41 for commercial groceries and USDA foods (responses due February 25, 2026 for approximately $3.1 million). The code shows substantial recent activity, but pursuit under UNSPSC 50306403 specifically—as opposed to broader fresh produce, dried fruits, or food supply codes—requires confirmation that your firm's product offering aligns with rugosa rose hip specifications, as the recent opportunities block documents procurement of mainstream produce staples and prepared foods rather than specialty botanical ingredients.