UNSPSC 50321653: Dried valley gold apricots

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

UNSPSC 50321653 Dried valley gold apricots is a Commodity code that state and local governments nominally procure as a dried fruit product, but recent opportunities show no direct purchasing activity for this specific item. The most recent solicitations in the block are dominated by school districts and correctional facilities procuring fresh produce, processed grocery items, and dried fruit categories more broadly—such as Santa Clara County's January 2026 ITB for dried fruits and nuts (raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, pecans) for its detention facility, and multiple school nutrition programs acquiring fresh apples, berries, vegetables, and eggs rather than specialty dried apricots. The code's narrow specification—valley gold apricots in dried form—does not align with the commodity-level purchasing patterns visible in recent state and local RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs. A Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitation from April 2026 (IW236532) requested dried prunes, a related dried-fruit category, but no comparable opportunity for dried valley gold apricots appears in the recent-opportunities block.

School districts and correction departments across Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Missouri, and California dominate the recent activity in dried and fresh produce procurement, but their focus falls on broad fresh-produce categories (apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, citrus, leafy greens) and generic dried-fruit assortments rather than the specific cultivar and processing type captured by this code. The absence of recent solicitations naming dried valley gold apricots specifically suggests limited current demand or that purchasing offices are using broader commodity codes when they need dried fruit products. Vendors should confirm whether school nutrition and correctional food service programs in target states view this commodity as a distinct line item or whether it rolls into larger dried-fruit, snack, or specialty-produce requests under different code families.