UNSPSC 50322903: Dried deglet noor dates

The variety of dates known as deglet noor dates that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50322903 Dried deglet noor dates (Commodity) encompasses dried fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service operations, particularly school nutrition programs and correctional facility cafeterias. The recent opportunities show school districts and state corrections departments buying dried fruits as line items within broader food commodity solicitations rather than as standalone procurements; when dried fruits appear, they are typically bundled with fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and pantry staples in consolidated catering and institutional feeding contracts. The issuing bodies are school boards (county education departments, city boards of education), state corrections departments, and state purchasing divisions acting on behalf of multiple agencies. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products are standard across school nutrition solicitations.

Activity is concentrated in the South and driven by school-year procurement cycles. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) posted an IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items with a June 26, 2026 response deadline; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Board of Education issued a bid for 115 line items of food commodities due June 26, 2026, with MBE/CBE certifications applicable under city ordinance; the State of Georgia posted a food supplies solicitation due June 22, 2026; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products due May 4, 2026 (extended via addendum), covering delivery to six TDCJ distribution points across Texas. A separate TDCJ bid (IW236532) for whole, pitted, dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality, 60–70 count size, with minimum order of 1,400 boxes shows that individual dried-fruit procurements do occur at the commodity level, though that opportunity had a February 20, 2026 deadline that has passed. The dried-dates code sees minimal recent standalone activity; most relevant procurement occurs as a component within multi-category institutional food contracts.