UNSPSC 50321605: Dried blenheim apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321605 Dried Blenheim apricots is a Commodity code that captures dried fruit supply to state and local institutions, though the recent procurement record shows minimal direct solicitation for apricots specifically and instead reveals heavy demand for fresh produce, mixed dried fruits, and broader food-service commodities across school districts, correctional facilities, and other public agencies. State and local buyers under this code family are primarily K–12 school districts and departments of education (Hancock County Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, Rockwood R-VI School District), joined by correctional facilities and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department through a county procurement office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice through the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Georgia Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia school-district coalitions via the GEC Buying Cooperative). School nutrition programs drive the bulk of procurement activity, with contracts covering fresh and frozen produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared foods on annual cycles tied to the July–June school year, typically requiring Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products), HACCP certification, product labeling, and 98 percent on-time delivery performance.

Recent activity clusters in the Southeast and Texas, with major solicitations posted by Georgia school districts (Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, Hancock County), a Missouri school district (Rockwood), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and California (Santa Clara County). Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce with response due June 26, 2026 (covering over 200 produce line items for July 2026–June 2027 delivery to three school locations); Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB with response due April 27, 2026 (requiring minimum 76-item bids for weekly delivery to 45 schools plus warehouses); Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items IFB with response due April 29, 2026 (900+ line items, approximately 6,900 daily lunch participants); Douglas County School System's fresh produce RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative with response due March 4, 2026 (estimated $4.4 million for Area One, 18 districts); and Santa Clara County's dried fruits and nuts ITB with response due February 5, 2026 (dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans for correctional facility food services on a five-year contract with firm pricing Year 1). The dried-apricot commodity itself does not appear explicitly in the recent opportunities reviewed; dried-fruit procurement is subsumed within broader grocery or specialty-food categories, and only the Santa Clara dried-fruits ITB represents direct solicitation for shelf-stable dried-fruit products.