UNSPSC 50321602: Dried apache apricots

The variety of apricots known as apache apricots that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50321602 Dried apache apricots is a Commodity code that represents dried fruit products procured by state and local governments, primarily school districts and correctional facilities, for food service operations. The code sees limited direct solicitation activity; recent state and local opportunities show that purchasing bodies acquiring dried fruits tend to bundle them within broader food-supply or specialty-produce categories rather than issuing standalone line-item procurements. When dried fruits do appear in school nutrition bids, they are typically embedded in master grocery contracts spanning hundreds of line items covering fresh produce, proteins, grains, and prepared foods. Correctional facility procurement offers a more discrete market: the County of Santa Clara issued an ITB for dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans as part of food service for the Elmwood Correctional Facility, requiring vendors to supply five dried-fruit categories on an all-or-none basis with firm pricing for Year 1 and capped annual increases in Years 2–5.

School districts across Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Connecticut, and Virginia dominate recent activity under broader food-procurement codes that include dried fruits as subordinate line items. The Santa Clara County solicitation represents the clearest recent opportunity specifically targeting dried-fruit categories: ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026, with estimated annual volumes of 5,880 cases of raisins, 1,000 cases of cranberries, and 3,000 cases of tropical fruit mix, plus nut products, delivered to a detention facility on FOB Destination terms with a five-year contract term and a five percent local-business preference available to vendors with meaningful production capability in Santa Clara County. Douglas County School System (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), and Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia) issued broad food-supply RFPs and IFBs in early 2026 covering dozens of produce and commodity lines where dried fruits may appear, but these opportunities do not isolate dried-fruit procurement as a distinct line of business, limiting visibility and specificity for vendors focused narrowly on this commodity.