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 is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of specialty dried fruits for institutional food service, though the recent opportunities block shows minimal direct activity under this specific code. Instead, the available solicitations demonstrate that school districts, correctional facilities, and county nutrition programs are actively buying broader dried fruit and nut categories—raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, walnuts, and pecans—alongside fresh produce, eggs, and comprehensive grocery supply contracts. The County of Santa Clara's January 2026 ITB for dried fruits and nuts (raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans) represents the closest match to the code's scope, procuring roughly 10,880 cases of dried fruits and 2,000 boxes of nuts annually for the Elmwood Correctional Facility. These purchases typically flow through institutional food service channels—school nutrition departments, correctional food services, and county sheriffs' offices—rather than direct consumer retail, and are commonly bundled into larger grocery or commodity contracts where dried fruits serve as breakfast components, snack items, or baking ingredients rather than standalone line items.

Issuing bodies across recent opportunities span school districts of varying size (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Liberty County and Douglas County School Systems in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia), county correctional systems (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department of Correction), and state-level institutional food services (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia). Georgia school districts and correctional systems dominate the activity, with procurement concentrated in January through June 2026. Representative opportunities include Santa Clara County's ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 (closed February 5, 2026) for dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans to supply the Elmwood Correctional Facility; Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 for comprehensive food supply and distribution across 32 schools with an estimated annual spend of approximately $9,000,000 (due February 18, 2026); and Rockwood R-VI School District's solicitation for over 900 grocery line items including dried fruit and nut categories (due April 29, 2026). Buy American provisions requiring domestic or 51-percent-domestic-ingredient products, HACCP compliance, and nutritional specifications limiting added sugars and sodium appear consistently across school nutrition procurements, while correctional facilities impose additional security and facility-access protocols.