UNSPSC 50321641: Dried queen apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321641 Dried queen apricots, a Commodity code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity recently tagged under it. The available opportunities center on fresh produce, eggs, and broader food supply and distribution for school nutrition programs, cafeteria operations, and correctional facilities — categories that fall outside dried fruit procurement. One solicitation (County of Santa Clara, ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, posted January 28, 2026) does name dried fruits but pairs them with nuts and specifies dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix rather than dried queen apricots specifically. The Douglas County School System (RFP SN 26-004, posted February 4, 2026) procures fresh produce for 30 school districts across Georgia with an estimated annual spend of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, but this too targets fresh rather than dried fruit. The dominant issuing bodies are school districts and school nutrition programs across Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, and Texas, along with county corrections and criminal justice systems. Geographic concentration of recent activity appears heaviest in Georgia (multiple school districts and county systems), with secondary activity in Texas (Department of Criminal Justice), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and California (County of Santa Clara).

State and local procurement under this code shows little relevant activity matching dried queen apricots. The solicitations present represent fresh produce supply chains, broad food commodity procurement for institutional cafeterias and detention facilities, and general grocery items — not a specialized dried fruit line. The County of Santa Clara's dried fruits procurement (due February 5, 2026) encompasses raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit blends as part of correctional facility food services, but dried queen apricots do not appear in any of the recent opportunities reviewed. Vendors pursuing this code should verify current demand signals before committing resources; the taxonomy mismatch suggests either inconsistent coding practice in state and local procurement systems or genuine low-volume activity in dried queen apricot procurement at the state and local level.