UNSPSC 50322517: Dried early rivers cherries

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

UNSPSC 50322517 Dried early rivers cherries is a Commodity code encompassing dried cherry products procured by state and local school districts and correctional facilities to supply institutional food service operations. State and local governments buying under this code source dried fruit commodities as components of cafeteria meal programs, with purchasing driven by National School Lunch Act compliance requirements (including Buy American provisions mandating minimum domestic ingredient content) and USDA food safety and grade standards. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts and state corrections departments, which conduct sealed-bid competitions (IFB) to award fixed-price supply contracts running twelve months or longer with firm pricing and FOB destination delivery terms.

Recent activity shows school district nutrition programs in Georgia and Connecticut, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, all issuing IFBs for multi-item food commodity bundles that include dried fruits among broader produce and specialty food line items. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) posted IFB SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with responses due June 26, 2026, covering over 200 fresh and specialty produce line items for three school sites across the 2026–27 contract year; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB053266 on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for 115 commodity line items supplying the Board of Education Nutrition Center; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued Bid No. IW236532 for whole pitted dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality (60–70 count, 25-pound boxes, minimum 1,400 boxes to Corpus Christi location), with the original February 18 opening date amended to February 20, 2026. Recent opportunities show procurement concentrated in school district food service operations (Georgia, Connecticut) and state corrections systems (Texas), with all contracts requiring USDA compliance, HACCP food safety plans, firm fixed pricing for the contract term, and delivery to multiple institutional feeding sites.