UNSPSC 50311653: Organic valley gold apricots

The variety of organic apricots known as organic valley gold apricots

UNSPSC 50311653 Organic valley gold apricots, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for apricots—organic, valley gold, or otherwise. Instead, the posted records document school district purchases of fresh produce under broad commodity categories (bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, melons, citrus, stone fruits, and prepared produce items), with no itemized demand for the specific variety named in the code. When the code's nominal scope and recent solicited work diverge this sharply, the mismatch signals either that the code is outdated, that state and local buyers rarely procure this specialty item as a line-item contract, or that apricots (when purchased) are folded into broader produce-family solicitations where brand and variety are not specified in advance.

State and local procurement under produce codes is heavily concentrated in school nutrition programs across Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin, driven by National School Lunch Program and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding. Recent opportunities span school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Glynn County, McAllen Independent, Austin Independent, Douglas County cooperative), with activity posted between early February and mid-July 2026. Representative solicitations include the Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery (posted April 13, 2026, due March 11, 2026, estimated $600,000 annual budget), the Douglas County cooperative RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026, approximately $5.5 million combined spending), and the Austin Independent School District RFP for fresh produce and a la carte beverages (posted February 14, 2026, due March 11, 2026). These solicitations specify pack sizes, shelf-life minimums, delivery windows, HACCP and Buy American compliance, and insurance thresholds—but none itemize apricots as a required or preferred line item. If your firm supplies apricots to institutional food service, monitor broad produce-family RFPs and contact district nutrition directors directly; the code itself generates no visible pipeline.