UNSPSC 50301612: Dina apricots

The variety of apricots known as dina apricots

UNSPSC 50301612 Dina apricots is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure almost exclusively as part of broader fresh produce supply contracts for food service operations—institutional dining, school nutrition programs, senior services, and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show that this code does not appear as a standalone line item; instead, dina apricots or apricots generally surface within larger fresh fruit and vegetable RFPs, IFBs, and ITNs that bundle dozens of produce items under single contracts. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, school districts, county health and human services agencies, and municipal senior services divisions. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations (IW267376, IW267420, IW267411) within the past six weeks, and school districts in Wisconsin, Georgia, Mississippi, and Illinois have released produce bids covering 40 to 200+ line items each, with apricots or comparable tree fruits typically included as minor components rather than primary focus areas.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin, with secondary activity in Mississippi, Connecticut, Florida, and other states. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) issued three produce solicitations in September and October 2026 for facilities in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville; Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Dougherty County Schools (Georgia), Bryan County Schools (Georgia), and Bartow County Schools (Georgia) all released fresh produce bids in May and June 2026 with response dates between June 8 and June 26, 2026. The Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) released RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks due July 29, 2026, specifying sourcing within 400 miles of Madison and within Wisconsin; the Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center sought bi-weekly fresh produce deliveries due September 3, 2026, under a small business set-aside. School nutrition programs constitute the largest share of recent opportunities, followed by correctional facilities and senior services. No solicitation identified dina apricots by varietal name; all opportunities list apricots generically within broader produce specifications, making pursuit tracking at the Commodity level impractical without access to individual specification sheets and line-item details.