UNSPSC 50202701: Apricot juice

UNSPSC 50202701 Apricot juice is a Commodity code that captures a single-product beverage line, but recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code show minimal direct procurement activity specifically for apricot juice. Instead, issuing bodies are buying juice as part of broader food-service aggregations — milk and juice bundles for school nutrition programs, smart-snack-compliant beverages for student consumption, and mixed juice assortments for institutional dining. The concrete work being solicited includes juice supply to state-supported living centers, county senior services, school districts, and child nutrition programs, with delivery and compliance requirements typical of large-scale food service. Issuing bodies span state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county boards of education (Hancock County, Burke County, Ben Hill County), municipal school districts (Pinellas County Schools, Bridgeport Board of Education), and regional nutrition authorities. The mix reflects the institutional food-service market — state agencies managing multi-facility networks dominate the activity, with school districts and county nutrition programs as secondary buyers.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas and Georgia, where state agencies and school districts have posted multiple solicitations for juice as a component of dairy and beverage contracts. Pinellas County Schools (Florida) solicited milk, dairy, and juice products for 117 district facilities in a two-year contract commencing August 2026, valued at approximately $22.5 million; the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division requested bids on dairy and juice products for delivery to ten state-supported living centers and juvenile justice facilities across Texas (IFB 304T-27-380M1.2, due August 25, 2026). Texas HHSC issued multiple separate IFBs for beverages and juices to state facilities (HHS0017418 for dairy and juices statewide, due July 15, 2026; HHS0017871 for Coca-Cola products and juices at Mexia facility, due August 25, 2026). Georgia Department of Education posted an RFP for smart-snack-approved beverages including juices to schools throughout Georgia (RFP 9060_1005_211, due November 2, 2026). Illinois Department of Mental Health sought weekly juice delivery to John J. Madden Mental Health Center (26444DHSMENTHB52758, due June 5, 2026). Juice procurement under this code clusters in multi-item food-service bundles rather than as a standalone commodity, with volume typically ranging from single cases at smaller facilities to tens of thousands of cases annually at large state-supported living centers; opportunities are ongoing but fragmented across many issuing bodies, each with distinct delivery requirements, quality standards, and contract terms.