UNSPSC 50322510: Dried king cherries

The variety of cherries known as king cherries that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50322510 Dried king cherries is a Commodity code that encompasses dried cherry products and related dried fruit items purchased by state and local school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and other institutional food service operations. State and local governments soliciting under this code are primarily school districts and state departments managing cafeteria and nutrition services. The work involves supplying dried fruits, including specialty dried cherry varieties, to institutional kitchens that integrate them into meal planning, snacks, and food product formulations. Vendors typically supply products meeting USDA grade standards, nutritional specifications, and packaging requirements tailored to institutional scale and delivery logistics; compliance with Buy American provisions and domestic content percentages (commonly 51 percent for processed products) is standard across school nutrition solicitations.

Recent activity shows school districts and state corrections and criminal justice departments as the primary issuing bodies. Geographic concentration spans Texas, Georgia, and Connecticut, with notable recent opportunities including Hancock County Schools (Sparta, Georgia) issuing an IFB for fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year with response due June 26, 2026, and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition Center (Connecticut) requesting commodities with submission deadline June 26, 2026. The State of Georgia and Texas Department of Criminal Justice have issued overlapping solicitations for food supplies and cafeteria products; the TDCJ issued a previous bid (IW236532) for whole pitted dried prunes in February 2026. These opportunities emphasize firm fixed pricing, delivery to multiple institutional sites, HACCP or nutritional compliance documentation, and payment within 30–45 days. The code shows active state and local procurement activity but relatively limited recent opportunities specifically named as dried king cherries; most solicitations frame work more broadly as fresh or dried produce, commodities, or cafeteria food products.