UNSPSC 50321548: Dried katy apples

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

UNSPSC 50321548 Dried katy apples, a Commodity code, covers whole, pitted dried fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and state correctional and public health agencies buying dried fruit as components of broader fresh and processed produce or food commodity contracts. The scope spans purchasing agents' requests for pre-packaged dried fruit in standardized case and portion sizes, delivered to central nutrition facilities or distributed warehouse locations, with firm pricing, USDA grade certification, product formulation documentation, and compliance with the Buy American provision (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed items).

Recent activity centers on school district and state agency nutrition procurement in the South and Mid-Atlantic. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB on June 10, 2026 (due June 26, 2026) for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items for the 2026–27 school year across three school delivery sites in Sparta, Georgia. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases posted a commodities IFB on June 2, 2026 (due June 26, 2026) covering 115 line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition Center. The State of Georgia issued an IFB on May 15, 2026 (due June 22, 2026) for food supplies and kitchen products with full scope in an attached document. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division) issued IFB 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026 (extended due date May 4, 2026) for approximately 382 cafeteria food product line items to multiple TDCJ warehouse locations. A separate TDCJ procurement (Bid IW236532, posted April 23, 2026) solicited whole, pitted, dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality, 60–70 count size, in 25-pound boxes with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes for Delivery Area 1.