UNSPSC 50322518: Dried ruby bing cherries

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

UNSPSC 50322518 Dried ruby bing cherries is a Commodity code covering specific dried fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food service. The code's recent activity reflects procurement of dried fruits as components within broader food-service solicitations rather than standalone cherry purchases; school districts and state departments issue IFBs and RFQs for dried and fresh produce baskets where dried cherries may appear as a line item among dozens of other fruits and vegetables. Issuing bodies include county and city school boards (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state-level purchasing divisions acting for criminal-justice and institutional clients (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts procuring for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia), and multi-location institutional food-service operations. The nature of these solicitations—firm pricing, Buy American compliance with minimum domestic-content thresholds, HACCP or USDA certification requirements, and FOB-Destination or destination-freight-prepaid terms—indicates that dried cherry suppliers must meet stringent food-safety and traceability standards and hold commodity-grade certifications.

Recent activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and South, with posted opportunities from Georgia (Hancock County Schools IFB due June 26, 2026, and State of Georgia general food commodities IFB due June 22, 2026), Connecticut (Bridgeport IFB due June 26, 2026), and Texas (TDCJ cafeteria-food IFB extended to May 4, 2026, and TDCJ prunes bid IW236532 due February 20, 2026). The code itself shows limited standalone activity; the representative opportunities listed are broad commodity or fresh-produce solicitations that do not explicitly name dried cherries in their summaries, suggesting that dried ruby bing cherries occupy a narrow lane within larger institutional food-service contracts and may not appear frequently as a discrete line item. Suppliers pursuing this code should focus on school-nutrition cooperative purchasing vehicles and state purchasing alliances serving corrections and institutional dining, where produce contracts roll annually and multi-item food bundles dominate the solicitation landscape.