UNSPSC 50322527: Dried maraschino cherries

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

UNSPSC 50322527 Dried maraschino cherries is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal direct relevance to the nominal product category. Instead, state and local governments are actively soliciting dried fruits and nuts more broadly—including dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, walnuts, and pecans—primarily through school districts and correctional facilities for food service operations. The code appears underutilized or misaligned with actual procurement patterns, as the Santa Clara County dried fruits and nuts solicitation (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026) represents the only recent opportunity explicitly matching dried-fruit procurement, and it does not mention maraschino cherries specifically. School districts dominate the broader dried and fresh produce procurement landscape, with multiple recent RFPs and IFBs for comprehensive grocery, fresh produce, and food supply contracts spanning elementary through high schools and nutrition centers across Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, Texas, and Connecticut.

The geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Douglas County School System, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Hancock County Schools) and extends into Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education), and California (County of Santa Clara). School nutrition programs dominate as issuing bodies, with additional volume from state prison food services (Texas TDCJ) and county corrections (Santa Clara). The Santa Clara County solicitation for dried fruits and nuts (5,880 cases of raisins annually, 1,000 cases of cranberries, 3,000 cases of tropical fruit mix, plus walnuts and pecans) required all-or-none bidding with five-year term pricing firm in Year 1 and optional increases in Years 2–5. Broader food service solicitations, such as Rockwood School District's 900+ line-item grocery bid (due April 29, 2026) and Douglas County's $9 million food supply and distribution RFP (due February 18, 2026, estimated 32,000 meals daily), show that dried fruits are components within larger food service contracts rather than standalone commodities, suggesting that vendors pursuing this code should position dried fruits as part of integrated school nutrition or institutional food service capability rather than as isolated product lines.