UNSPSC 50321503: Dried api apples

The variety of apples known as api apples that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50321503 Dried api apples, a Commodity code, covers dried apple products that state and local school districts, correctional facilities, and other institutional buyers procure for nutrition programs and food service operations. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying dried apples as part of broader fresh and processed produce procurement for school cafeterias, institutional kitchens, and food-service distribution networks. The code draws primarily from school district nutrition programs and state-agency food-service contracts that source dried fruit alongside fresh produce and other commodity items. School districts and state departments are the dominant issuing bodies, with activity centered on IFB and RFP solicitations for annual or multi-year food-service contracts that include dried fruits as line items within larger commodity baskets.

Activity under this code concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas, with recent opportunities including Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issuing an IFB for fresh produce and related items for the 2026–27 school year with responses due June 26, 2026; the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Department of Public Purchases issuing a commodities IFB for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with electronic submissions due June 26, 2026; the State of Georgia issuing a food, supplies, and kitchen products IFB with responses due June 22, 2026; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing an IFB for cafeteria food products with responses due May 4, 2026 (extended via Addendum No. 2). A prior TDCJ solicitation (Bid No. IW236532) for whole, pitted dried prunes with a February 20, 2026 response date closed before the current date. Most school-district and state-agency food-service contracts require Buy American compliance with a minimum of 51 percent domestic ingredient content for processed products, HACCP or USDA compliance documentation, and delivery to multiple institutional sites on firm-fixed pricing over contract periods typically running July through June or through August of the following year.