UNSPSC 50316310: Organic tilden rhubarb

The variety of organic rhubarb known as organic tilden rhubarb

UNSPSC 50316310 Organic tilden rhubarb (Commodity) sees minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope does not align with the opportunities posted under it; recent solicitations tagged to this code procure petite bananas, fresh mixed produce for school nutrition programs, and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks — staple institutional food service items — rather than the specialty rhubarb variety the code names. The mismatch suggests either metadata misclassification by posting agencies or the code's use as a catch-all for produce line items without precision indexing to individual commodity SKUs.

School districts across Georgia and Texas dominate the recent posting volume, with Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) all soliciting fresh produce under IFB, RFP, and RFQ structures between February and July 2026. Georgia school districts account for the plurality of activity, with multiple simultaneous procurements reflecting state and regional seasonal purchasing cycles tied to school calendar years and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (bids due July 29, 2026; $78,000 annual contract value), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning 200+ line items across multiple apple and berry varieties (bids due June 26, 2026), and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts (proposals due March 4, 2026; approximately $5.5 million annual estimated spend). Institutional produce procurement under this code emphasizes HACCP compliance, Buy American provisions, USDA food safety standards, weekly delivery to multiple school sites, and competitive award on a line-item basis to single or multiple vendors; most contracts include automatic renewal options and prospective price redetermination tied to USDA market indices or labor statistics.