UNSPSC 50321647: Dried royal orange apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321647 Dried royal orange apricots (Commodity) does not reflect meaningful recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code center on broad fresh produce and food supply contracting for school nutrition programs and correctional facilities, but none of the posted solicitations specifically call for dried royal orange apricots or dried apricots of any kind. The code's narrow commodity scope — a single dried fruit variety — sits misaligned with what state and local buyers are actually purchasing: whole fresh produce assortments (apples, berries, vegetables, citrus), broad grocery line-item sets (hundreds of items spanning proteins, dairy, grains, and frozen goods), and limited dried-fruit categories when mentioned (raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, prunes). One solicitation, Santa Clara County's January 2026 ITB for dried fruits and nuts serving a correctional facility, included dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix but did not specify dried apricots. A second solicitation from the same month, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's prune procurement, targeted whole pitted dried prunes in 60–70 count size, a different commodity altogether.

Activity under related dried-fruit and food-supply codes is concentrated in school district nutrition programs across Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, Virginia, and Texas, with secondary activity in state departments of criminal justice and county correctional systems. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Hancock County, Fairfax County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County Schools), consolidated district systems (Douglas County, Rockwood R-VI), state education and criminal justice agencies, and county corrections departments. Recent representative solicitations include Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce (over 200 line items, due June 26), the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 RFQ for broad school-nutrition commodities (115 line items, due June 26), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products (approximately 382 items, due May 4). The code itself shows no independent procurement signal distinct from broader dried-fruit and commodity supply activity.