UNSPSC 50321604: Dried black apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321604 Dried black apricots (Commodity) shows minimal direct procurement activity under the specific code name, but state and local education and corrections agencies do actively solicit dried fruits and specialty food items as discrete SKUs within broader food-supply contracts. The code nominally addresses a single-commodity purchase—dried black apricots in defined pack sizes and quality grades—but recent state and local opportunities treat dried fruits as line items within larger food-distribution, nutrition-program, and institutional-foodservice contracts rather than as standalone commodity procurements. School districts, county school systems, state corrections departments, and county sheriff departments constitute the primary buying bodies, and they embed dried-fruit specifications within master grocery, fresh-produce, and specialty-food line-item solicitations. Representative recent activity includes the County of Santa Clara (California) Invitation to Bids for Dried Fruits and Nuts (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617), posted January 28, 2026, with sealed bids due February 5, 2026, which called for dried raisins, dried cranberries, and dried tropical fruit mix on an all-or-none basis to supply Elmwood Correctional Facility's food services; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Bid IW236532 for whole, pitted, dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality, posted April 23, 2026, with a revised due date of February 20, 2026, specifying 60–70 count size and minimum order quantity of 1,400 boxes for Delivery Area 1; and the State of Georgia Invitation for Bid PE55645NONST2026000000009 for food, supplies, and other kitchen products, posted May 15, 2026, due June 22, 2026, with full scope and specifications in attached documentation.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast (Georgia school districts dominating recent postings) and scattered correctional and county-system facilities in Texas, California, Connecticut, and Missouri. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Board of Education Nutrition Center, and Douglas County School System (Georgia) have posted broader food-supply RFPs and IFBs in the past six months that include dried-fruit or specialty-fruit line items. None of the recent opportunities explicitly isolate dried black apricots as a standalone procurement; instead, they surface apricots (fresh or processed) as components within multi-category food baskets. Bidders pursuing this code should expect to compete on line-item pricing within consolidated school-nutrition and corrections-food contracts, where dried fruits represent a small percentage of total SKUs and purchasing power. State Buy American provisions (requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products) apply consistently across education and corrections contexts.