UNSPSC 50326302: Dried early champagne rhubarb

The variety of rhubarb known as early champagne rhubarb that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50326302 Dried early champagne rhubarb, a Commodity code, covers dried and processed rhubarb products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show that this code is being used primarily by school districts and correctional facilities to source food commodities for cafeteria and nutrition programs. The work involves supplying specified dried produce items to institutional kitchens under fixed-price contracts with firm pricing for the contract period, delivery to designated distribution points or school facilities, compliance with USDA grade and quality standards, HACCP plans or equivalent food-safety documentation, and adherence to Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content thresholds. Issuing bodies include county boards of education, city education departments, state agencies, and departments of criminal justice operating across multiple institutional locations.

Activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and Texas, based on recent postings. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items for the 2026-27 school year, with deliveries to three school locations and a contract period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases posted BNB053266 on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for commodities including fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center through June 30, 2027. The State of Georgia issued PE55645NONST2026000000009 on May 15, 2026, due June 22, 2026, for food, supplies, and other kitchen products. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division on May 4, 2026, due May 4, 2026 (extended via addendum), covering approximately 382 food line items for multiple TDCJ warehouse locations across five Texas geographic areas with deliveries through August 31, 2027 and optional renewals. A prior TDCJ bid (IW236532) for whole pitted dried prunes with a February 20, 2026 due date shows similar commodity-food-service procurement patterns but indicates this particular code may see limited standalone activity outside broader institutional food procurement bundles.