UNSPSC 50321619: Dried goldbar apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321619 Dried goldbar apricots is a Commodity code, and state and local governments rarely procure this specific dried fruit variety; the recent opportunities in the source are dominated by fresh produce, broad-based grocery procurement for school nutrition programs, and institutional food service across school districts, correctional facilities, and county education systems, with only one solicitation—Santa Clara County's dried fruits and nuts ITB—touching dried fruit procurement at all. School districts and county education agencies are the primary issuing bodies under codes nominally encompassing dried fruit, acquiring staple food products through annual IFB and RFP cycles for child nutrition services; the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Department of Correction also appears as an outlier buyer of dried fruits for detention facility food service. The geographic spread reflects school-district activity concentrated in Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Virginia (Fairfax County), and California (Santa Clara County), with a single state-level procurement from Georgia, one from Texas (TDCJ), and one from Connecticut (Bridgeport). Representative opportunities include Hancock County Schools' fresh produce IFB due June 26, 2026, spanning over 200 line items; the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's fresh produce bid (Bid 26-34) due April 23, 2026, with 72 items and estimated quantities up to 21,125 cases annually for certain produce types; and Santa Clara County's Dried Fruits and Nuts ITB (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617) due February 5, 2026, requiring dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix on an all-or-none basis for a five-year contract term.

The code shows minimal activity for dried goldbar apricots specifically; the Santa Clara County solicitation is the only recent opportunity matching the dried-fruit commodity scope, and it does not name apricots among its required line items (raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans). All other opportunities in the source—school district grocery and fresh produce procurements, state and TDCJ food supply contracts—fall outside the dried-apricot commodity scope and were likely mistagged in the source system. Vendors pursuing this code should expect school district child nutrition programs to dominate demand, with sporadic institutional food service buyers (correctional facilities, state departments) as secondary markets; however, the absence of apricot-specific solicitations in recent postings suggests the commodity itself is either purchased as a secondary ingredient within broader grocery contracts or sourced through cooperative purchasing vehicles not captured in individual RFP notice activity. Geographic concentration in school-heavy states (Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Missouri, California) reflects school-district procurement calendars tied to annual budget and meal-planning cycles, typically running January through April for July 1 contract start dates.