UNSPSC 50301624: Imperial apricots

The variety of apricots known as imperial apricots

UNSPSC 50301624 Imperial apricots is a Commodity code that does not reflect what state and local governments are actually buying under this classification. The recent opportunities block shows no solicitations for imperial apricots specifically; instead, state and local procurement offices are buying fresh produce broadly—apricots only as part of mixed-fruit assortments for institutional food service. The code appears misaligned with current procurement activity, and pursuits based on the nominal commodity description will not match the real demand signal in the market.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code span Texas prison food service (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Illinois correctional and mental health facilities (Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county governments (Collier County, Florida; DeSoto County, Mississippi; Dougherty County, Georgia; Bryan County, Georgia; Hancock County, Georgia; Early County, Georgia; Bartow County, Georgia), school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin; Bridgeport Board of Education, Connecticut; Edinburg, Texas), and specialized service providers (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Marion Health Care Coalition, City of San Antonio senior services). The overwhelming pattern is school-district and correctional-facility procurement of fresh produce assortments—apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes—as line items within larger food-supply contracts, not standalone apricot purchases. Texas Department of Criminal Justice alone issued four separate fresh-fruit-and-vegetable RFQs between September and October 2026 (IW267411, IW267420, IW267376, and related Palestine solicitation) for warehouse supply to multiple correctional facilities. Geographic activity clusters heavily in the Southeast (Georgia school districts, DeSoto County Mississippi, Hancock County Georgia, Dougherty County Georgia) and Texas (TDCJ, Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg, City of San Antonio). Recent competitive activity also appears in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas and RFB 4163 for fresh-fruit-and-vegetable snacks due July 29, 2026; annual value $78,000), Illinois (Madden Mental Health Center small purchase IFB 27444DHSMENTHB53608 due August 14, 2026), Connecticut (Bridgeport BID BNB052266 due June 30, 2026, spanning 1,100+ grocery line items including produce), and Florida (Collier County ITN 258360 for North Collier Regional Park concession food services due March 6, 2025). The code activity is real but mislabeled—imperial apricots as a discrete commodity do not drive state and local solicitation volume; fresh produce broadly, priced and delivered as mixed assortments to institutional cafeterias, does.