UNSPSC 50322500: Dried cherries

Any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus prunus) of the rose family that bear pale yellow to deep red or blackish smooth-skinned drupes enclosing a smooth seed and that include some cultivated for their fruits or ornamental flowers that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50322500 Dried cherries is a Class code that encompasses dried fruit products procured by state and local school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and other government food-service operations. State and local governments buy dried cherries and related dried-fruit commodities as components of broader food-procurement programs serving cafeterias, nutrition centers, and institutional kitchens. Recent solicitations show that dried fruits appear within larger produce and commodity RFPs rather than as standalone line items, often bundled with fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and pantry staples under school lunch programs and state institutional feeding contracts.

Issuing bodies include school district nutrition departments and state corrections agencies. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut), the State of Georgia, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have posted relevant food-procurement RFPs and IFBs in the past four months. School districts and state nutrition centers dominate the recent activity. The geographic spread spans Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas, with state-level and county-level procurement offices as primary buyers. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce SY27 (IFB, due June 26, 2026), which solicited over 200 line items of fresh and specialty produce for the 2026–27 school year with delivery to three school sites; the City of Bridgeport Commodities bid (IFB, due June 26, 2026) for 115 line items to supply the Board of Education Nutrition Center; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Cafeteria Food Products IFB (304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026) covering approximately 382 line items across proteins, grains, fruits, and condiments for distribution across five Texas regions. All solicitations require compliance with Buy American provisions mandating minimum domestic content, HACCP plans or equivalent food-safety documentation, and firm fixed pricing over contract terms typically running one school or fiscal year with optional renewals.