UNSPSC 50316300: Organic rhubarb

The type of organic fruit known as organic rhubarb

UNSPSC 50316300 Organic rhubarb, a Class code, encompasses fresh produce supply to state and local entities, though recent activity under this specific commodity code shows minimal rhubarb-specific demand and instead reflects broader fresh-produce procurement by school districts, county parks departments, and health-care coalitions. The code captures what state and local governments actually buy: fresh fruits and vegetables delivered to food-service operations, with emphasis on produce meeting food-safety standards, traceability documentation, and compliance with USDA programs where applicable. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (the primary buyer group in recent records), county governments managing parks and recreation food services, county boards of education, and specialized health-care procurement entities. School districts dominate the activity, soliciting produce on cyclic annual schedules tied to fiscal-year start dates and federal fresh-fruit-and-vegetable grant funding cycles.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Wisconsin, and Florida. Representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, bids due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison and within Wisconsin (5,900 weekly servings, bids due July 29, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce covering apples, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, citrus, and specialty items (IFB #SN002-2027, sealed bids due June 26, 2026); Bartow County School System's RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (RFP 10-2026-019, proposals due June 22, 2026, contract award anticipated July 20, 2026); Early County Board of Education's line-by-line bid for 300+ food items including fresh produce (bids due June 8, 2026); Marion Health Care Coalition's produce-vendor RFP (proposals due August 21, 2026); and Collier County Board of County Commissioners' ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park including concession operations (ITN 258360, proposals due March 6, 2025). Local-vendor preferences, traceability and farm-of-origin documentation, organic-produce price preferences ($0.20 per pound in at least one case), HACCP plans, and Buy American provisions appear consistently across recent solicitations.