UNSPSC 50322803: Dried desert currants

The variety of currants known as desert currants that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50322803 Dried desert currants, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of dried fruit products for institutional food service — primarily school nutrition programs and correctional facility cafeterias. The recent solicitations show school districts and state prison systems buying dried fruits as components of broader meal planning portfolios, though the code's scope is narrow and the opportunities sparse. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) and the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) both solicited fresh and processed produce for school nutrition centers under IFBs, with dried currants appearing as one item among hundreds in larger commodity bundles rather than as standalone procurements. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a dedicated bid for dried prunes (IFB 304T26300CF and Bid No. IW236532) to supply multiple warehouse locations, indicating that correctional systems represent a steady institutional buyer for dried fruit products. School districts and state corrections agencies dominate the issuing-body mix; state procurement offices occasionally aggregate dried fruit into broader food-supply RFPs or IFBs but do not often issue standalone line-item solicitations for this commodity alone.

Recent activity clusters in the South and Southwest — Georgia, Texas, and Connecticut — with the most visible opportunities concentrated in Texas (TDCJ procurement) and school districts in Georgia and Connecticut. The Hancock County Schools IFB (due June 26, 2026) and Bridgeport Board of Education solicitation (due June 26, 2026) both required Buy American compliance with 51 percent domestic content for processed products and emphasized HACCP documentation and E-Verify authorization. The State of Georgia posted a broad food-and-supplies RFP (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026) with scope details in an attachment, suggesting dried fruit may be included in a larger state warehouse contract. TDCJ's prunes procurement (IW236532, due February 20, 2026, with Amendment No. 1 revising the date) specified U.S. Grade B quality and 1,400-box minimum orders to a single delivery area, illustrating the volume expectations and standardized specifications typical of correctional food service. Opportunities under this code are infrequent and typically embedded within broader commodity bundles; standalone dried currant procurements are uncommon in state and local markets.