UNSPSC 50321611: Dried darby royal apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321611 Dried darby royal apricots is a Commodity code that encompasses dried fruit products procured by state and local governments, primarily school districts and correction departments, for nutrition programs and food service operations. Recent solicitations show that state and local buyers use this code to source dried fruits as ingredients or components in broader food supply contracts rather than as standalone specialty items. The actual procurement activity under this code reflects school nutrition programs' need for dried fruit as part of balanced meal components, correction facilities' requirements for shelf-stable fruit products in food service, and institutional food distributors' ingredient sourcing. School districts dominate the issuing bodies, with secondary activity from county correction departments and state agencies overseeing meal programs.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, California, and Missouri. The County of Santa Clara, California issued an ITB on January 28, 2026 (due February 5, 2026) for dried fruits and nuts to supply the Elmwood Correctional Facility, calling for five line items including dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix on an all-or-none basis with an estimated annual spend across the product lines. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued Bid No. IW236532 on April 23, 2026 (due February 20, 2026) for whole, pitted, dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality, 60–70 count size, packed in 25-pound boxes, with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes for the Corpus location. The Douglas County School System and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri and Georgia, respectively, issued broader food supply RFPs and IFBs for the 2026–27 school year that encompassed dried fruits as line items within multi-category grocery procurement. Activity is concentrated in school nutrition programs across the Southeast and Texas, with emerging activity in West Coast correction facilities.