UNSPSC 50301604: Black apricots

The variety of apricots known as black apricots

UNSPSC 50301604 Black apricots is a Commodity code that names a single produce item, but state and local governments procuring under this code are actually buying fresh produce broadly—apricots appear in solicitations alongside bananas, berries, lettuce, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, and dozens of other fruits and vegetables as part of consolidated food-service contracts. The issuing bodies span Texas state correctional facilities (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Illinois state mental health and corrections departments, county school districts across Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Wisconsin, city school boards in Connecticut and Texas, regional health coalitions, Head Start child care programs, county senior services, and county park systems. These buyers procure fresh produce under national school lunch and child nutrition programs, inmate feeding programs, senior meal services, and park concession operations. Recent solicitations show produce is typically one line item—or one category—within larger food-service contracts that include proteins, dairy, pantry items, and paper goods; standalone produce contracts are less common but appear when jurisdictions seek to emphasize local or fresh sourcing.

The geographic spread of recent activity concentrates in Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice issues repeat solicitations for institutional produce delivery to prisons in Palestine, Snyder, Wynne, and Huntsville), Georgia (multiple school districts bidding fresh produce annually: Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County), and secondary activity in Illinois (Department of Mental Health at Madden Mental Health Center), Florida (Collier County for park concessions), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District for petite bananas and fresh-cut vegetable snacks), Mississippi (DeSoto County School District), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), and Texas cities (Edinburg CACFP program, San Antonio senior services). Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice RFP for fresh fruit and vegetables to Palestine (due October 19, 2026), the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB for petite bananas at $78,000 annual value (due July 29, 2026), the Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce across 200+ line items (due June 26, 2026), and Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for fresh produce to 24 school nutrition sites (due June 16, 2026). Buy American provisions, local-sourcing preferences, and HACCP compliance requirements are standard across school district and state institutional procurements.