UNSPSC 50321650: Dried tomcot apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321650 Dried tomcot apricots, a Commodity code, does not reflect the current activity in state and local procurement under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code overwhelmingly solicit fresh produce, grocery staples, and broad-line food service distribution for school nutrition programs and correctional facilities rather than dried apricots or other dried fruits in any meaningful volume. The Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) IFB for fresh produce spanning apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, melons, citrus fruits, and leafy greens due June 26, 2026, exemplifies the category's actual scope — weekly delivery of fresh commodity items to multiple school sites under firm-fixed pricing that includes transportation. Similarly, Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (Virginia) and Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation (Missouri) encompass hundreds of line items across produce, dairy, proteins, grains, and condiments, all subject to Buy American content requirements and nutritional standards. The one solicitation directly addressing dried fruits — Santa Clara County's ITB for dried fruits and nuts to supply a correctional facility — specifies raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix on an all-or-none basis, with no mention of dried apricots.

School districts and county boards of education dominate the issuing-body mix, with additional activity from state departments (Georgia Department of Education), transit-adjacent criminal justice systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Santa Clara County Sheriff), and municipal school systems (Bridgeport, Connecticut). Georgia and Texas appear most active in recent solicitations, followed by Virginia, Missouri, and Connecticut. The code shows no indexed procurement focused on dried apricots specifically; the mismatch between the commodity name and the actual buying pattern suggests either a coding error in the source data or historical artifact in the taxonomy assignment. Firms pursuing food-service distribution, fresh produce supply, or broad-line grocery provision to public institutions should evaluate this code cautiously and verify specific commodity requirements at RFP publication rather than relying on the code name alone.