UNSPSC 50321648: Dried sundrop apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321648 Dried sundrop apricots is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of dried fruit products, typically for school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations under this code show little activity specifically for apricots; instead, state and local buyers are procuring dried fruit more broadly — raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, prunes, and mixed dried fruits — as components of larger food-service contracts spanning fresh produce, proteins, grains, and prepared items. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), correctional systems (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department of Correction), and state procurement divisions acting on behalf of departments of criminal justice. These buyers source dried fruit as line items within master grocery or food-supply contracts, typically bundled with fresh produce, dairy, proteins, and staple items rather than as standalone dried-fruit purchases.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and across the broader Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, with notable solicitations also in California and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the County of Santa Clara, California ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 for Dried Fruits and Nuts (posted January 28, 2026, due February 5, 2026), which called for raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans on an all-or-none basis with a five-year term and annual quantities specified; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Bid No. IW236532 for whole, pitted, dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality (posted April 23, 2026, due February 20, 2026, with Amendment No. 1 extending the deadline); Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce SY27 IFB #SN002-2027 (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026), which included dried fruit as one line item among over 200 produce SKUs; and Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 (posted April 6, 2026, due April 27, 2026), which integrated dried fruit into a broad grocery supply contract for 45 schools. All recent school-district solicitations enforce Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content for processed products, HACCP food-safety plans, and firm fixed pricing for the contract term, typically one year with multi-year renewal options.