UNSPSC 50322516: Dried duke cherries

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

UNSPSC 50322516 Dried duke cherries (Commodity) represents a narrow food ingredient category that state and local governments buy primarily through school nutrition programs and correctional facilities to support meal service operations. Recent solicitations show dried cherries and related dried fruits are solicited as line items within broader fresh and dried produce procurement bundles rather than as standalone commodities, reflecting how school districts and county agencies consolidate food purchasing into master grocery contracts and produce supply agreements.

School nutrition programs across Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, Virginia, and Texas dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary demand from county sheriffs' departments operating correctional facilities. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issued an IFB for fresh produce covering over 200 items with delivery to three school sites due June 26, 2026; Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) solicited a Master Grocery K-12 contract via IFB 2000004323 with response due April 27, 2026, covering delivery to 45 schools plus distribution kitchens; Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) issued a grocery items IFB with over 900 line items due April 29, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara (California) solicited dried fruits including raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix for a correctional facility under ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 with response due February 5, 2026, though no specific dried cherry line item appears in the Santa Clara scope. The Douglas County School System (Georgia) procured food supply and distribution services through RFP 26-003 with an estimated annual value of approximately $9,000,000, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited prunes—a related dried fruit—under Bid IW236532 for the Corpus location. Geographic concentration centers on Georgia (multiple school districts and county systems), with active procurement also in Missouri, Virginia, Connecticut, California, and Texas. Dried cherries typically appear as itemized line items within these broader grocery contracts rather than as standalone procurements, suggesting limited standalone demand and indicating that vendors should pursue dried fruit supply opportunities through larger master grocery or produce agreements rather than single-commodity solicitations.