UNSPSC 50322902: Dried barhi or barhee dates

The variety of dates known as barhi or barhee dates that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50322902 Dried barhi or barhee dates is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual purchasing activity under this classification in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities posted under this code overwhelmingly involve broad fresh produce, grocery, and food service supply contracts for school districts, corrections facilities, and other public agencies—not dried dates specifically. The code's nominal scope (whole, dried date fruit) bears little connection to the work being solicited, which spans hundreds of line items across apples, berries, vegetables, proteins, grains, dairy, and prepared entrees alongside occasional dried fruit categories (raisins, cranberries, prunes, walnuts, pecans). This mismatch suggests either broad tagging of food-service procurement or a data classification issue at the point of posting. State and local buyers—primarily school nutrition programs in Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, Connecticut, Texas, and California—are issuing IFBs and RFPs for term contracts covering multi-year food supply and distribution. Recent issuing bodies include Hancock County Schools, Bridgeport Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood School District, Liberty County Board of Education, and Santa Clara County's correctional food services, alongside statewide procurements from Georgia and Texas serving multiple locations and agencies.

Representative recent activity includes Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) spanning 200+ line items with weekly delivery to three school locations under a one-year contract; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026) requiring delivery to 52 school sites with three years' prior food-delivery experience as a minimum qualification; the Douglas County School System RFP for food supply and distribution (due February 18, 2026) with an estimated annual value near $9 million serving approximately 25,500 students across 32 schools; and Santa Clara County's ITB for dried fruits and nuts (due February 5, 2026) for correctional food services with a five-year term and local business preference. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed products and HACCP/food safety compliance appear standard across solicitations. Geographic concentration is heaviest in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, South Carolina) and Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, Connecticut), with activity also in the Midwest (Missouri) and West (Texas, California). Given the persistent mismatch between code scope and actual solicitations, business development professionals should treat this code as a low-fidelity signal and monitor broader food-service and grocery procurement family and class codes instead.