UNSPSC 50302911: Khidri dates

The variety of dates known as khidri dates

UNSPSC 50302911 Khidri dates is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy dried fruit products—khidri dates, raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mixes, walnuts, and pecans—primarily for child nutrition programs (school breakfast and lunch), child and adult care food programs (CACFP), and institutional food service at detention facilities. Procurement spans school districts, child care agencies, county departments of correction, and municipal purchasing offices. Work being solicited ranges from small specialty items (petite bananas at $78,000 annual value for one district) to broad grocery and produce packages supporting hundreds of students across multiple sites; the recent activity shows heavy concentration in fresh and processed fruit procurement for K-12 nutrition services, with secondary activity in institutional commissary supply for correctional facilities. Issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition departments within districts of varying sizes—from small rural counties to large metropolitan systems—along with Head Start agencies, child care food program sponsors, and county sheriff's departments. School districts dominate the recent solicitation pattern.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas, with notable recent opportunities in Florida, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Oregon, and California. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Edinburg, Texas RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal program food and nonfood items (response due August 4, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas at approximately $78,000 annual value (bids due July 29, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools, Tampa, Florida RFP 26039RFPDST for fresh fruit and vegetable program delivery to 18 elementary schools at $600,000 estimated annual budget (proposals due March 11, 2026); GEC Buying Cooperative's cooperative procurement across 30 Georgia school districts for fresh produce and eggs at approximately $5.5 million combined annual spending (proposals due March 4, 2026); and Santa Clara County, California ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 for dried fruits and nuts to a detention facility (bids due February 5, 2026). Most school nutrition solicitations are issued as IFBs or RFBs with firm fixed pricing and single-year or multi-year renewal options; child nutrition sponsors and correctional facilities typically require HACCP compliance, food safety certifications, Buy American documentation, and liability insurance in the $500,000 to $2,000,000 range.