UNSPSC 50311814: Organic european barberries

The variety of organic barberries known as organic european barberries

UNSPSC 50311814 Organic european barberries is a Commodity code that does not see meaningful state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for organic European barberries or related specialty produce items. Instead, the tagged opportunities overwhelmingly solicit fresh produce and food products for school nutrition programs—bananas, apples, leafy greens, root vegetables, berries, and eggs—across school districts and educational food service operations. State and local governments are buying commodity fresh produce in bulk for institutional meal service, not specialty or regionally specific items like barberries. The code is either misapplied to routine produce procurement or represents a dormant category in the state and local taxonomy.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia school districts and applies to institutional food service contracting through established notice types. Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin posted RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (due July 29, 2026), with annual values around $78,000 and variable weekly servings respectively. Multiple Georgia school systems—Hancock County, Bartow County, Liberty County, Glynn County, and others—issued IFBs and RFPs for broad fresh-produce procurement across dozens of line items, typically valued in the millions annually and covering July-through-June school-year cycles. Douglas County School System procured through the GEC Buying Cooperative for 30 districts across two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million (Area One) and $1.1 million (Area Two). Broader geographic spread includes solicitations from Texas independent school districts (McAllen, Austin) and Florida counties (Hillsborough), all targeting institutional food service under school nutrition programs. The code does not align with actual buying patterns and warrants review for reclassification or removal from active state and local procurement activity.