UNSPSC 50326310: Dried tilden rhubarb

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

UNSPSC 50326310 Dried Tilden Rhubarb is a Commodity code that encompasses dried rhubarb products procured by state and local education and corrections agencies to supply institutional food service operations. The recent solicitation activity shows school districts and correctional departments buying dried and processed fruits as components of broader food commodity contracts for cafeteria and nutrition center operations, rather than rhubarb as a standalone line item. Issuing bodies include school nutrition departments (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state corrections agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and statewide procurement divisions acting on behalf of multiple institutional end-users. These agencies typically solicit through IFB notices with firm, fixed pricing structures that remain constant through the contract year and include all delivery and freight charges to designated institutional sites. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed products are standard across education-sector food solicitations.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Schools posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with a bid due date of June 26, 2026, seeking over 200 line items of fresh and specialty produce for school delivery sites across the 2026–27 school year. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued an IFB on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, covering 115 commodity line items including fruits and vegetables for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with electronic submission through OpenGov Procurement Portal. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statewide Procurement Division issued IFB 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026 (extended response date), requesting approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products including canned and fresh vegetables and fruits for distribution across five Texas warehouse areas. A separate TDCJ bid (IW236532) posted April 23, 2026, specifically solicited dried prunes in bulk quantities. The code shows no standalone dried rhubarb opportunities in the recent block and appears lightly trafficked relative to broader fresh produce and processed fruit categories.