UNSPSC 50321629: Dried king apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321629 Dried king apricots (Commodity) comprises dried stone fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food services. Recent solicitations show school districts and state agencies buying dried fruit as components within broader fresh and processed produce contracts rather than as standalone line items; the code's nominal focus on dried apricots specifically does not align with the actual procurement pattern in the source material, where dried fruit appears incidentally within larger food-services RFPs rather than as a dedicated commodity category. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) and Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) posting produce and food-services bids that span multiple fruit categories. State correctional and food-service agencies also solicit under related dried-fruit codes—the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a separate bid for whole pitted dried prunes—but the current source material shows no recent standalone solicitations specifically for dried apricots at the state or local level.

Geographic activity in the recent opportunities concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas, with Georgia's State Department of Criminal Justice and Hancock County Schools both posting food-services bids in the May–June 2026 window. Hancock County Schools Nutrition (Georgia) issued an IFB due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce spanning 200-plus line items across multiple fruit and vegetable categories for the 2026–27 school year, with deliveries to three school sites and a Buy American requirement of 51 percent domestic content for processed products. The City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Department of Public Purchases posted an IFB due June 26, 2026, for commodities including fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center, also with Buy American compliance and MBE/CBE certification eligibility. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statewide Procurement Division issued cafeteria food products IFB 304T-26-300CF (due May 4, 2026, extended from April 21), covering approximately 382 line items across multiple food categories to six distribution points. The source material contains no standalone recent opportunities for dried apricots specifically, indicating light current activity in this particular commodity subcategory.