UNSPSC 50323900: Dried kiwi fruit

The egg-shaped kiwi fruit has a furry brownish green skin and firm, translucent green flesh with edible purple-black seeds at the centre. Also called chinese gooseberry, edible fruit of the vine actinidia chinensis (family actinidiaceae). The plant is native to china and taiwan and is now grown commercially in new zealand and california. It has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50323900 Dried kiwi fruit, a Class code, represents a narrow commodity line within state and local food procurement but appears primarily as one line item among broader fresh or dried produce categories rather than as a standalone procurement focus. State and local governments purchase dried kiwi fruit almost exclusively through school nutrition programs and institutional food service contracts that bundle it with dozens or hundreds of other produce, protein, and commodity items. The recent solicitation activity shows dried kiwi appears as a specialty fruit option within multi-category food buys—notably in Hancock County Schools' 200-plus-line fresh produce bid (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) and the City of Bridgeport's 115-line commodities contract for the Board of Education Nutrition Center (IFB BNB053266, due June 26, 2026). School districts and boards of education dominate the issuing-body mix, with county and municipal nutrition programs driving the purchasing pattern. These contracts typically enforce Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products and mandate HACCP plans, E-Verify compliance, and recall accessibility.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with additional institutional food service procurement in Texas through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ Bid 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026, extended via Addendum No. 2). The Hancock County Schools and City of Bridgeport opportunities represent the most directly relevant recent solicitations, both posted in June 2026 with firm-price contracts running through June 30, 2027. Deliveries are site-specific to school nutrition centers with strict logistics requirements—pre-paid freight on standard pallets, Monday-through-Friday windows, and backup stock availability for emergency orders. Pricing must remain firm for the contract term, and awards typically go to lowest responsive and responsible bidders; both school districts reserve discretion to award single or multiple vendors. The code shows no standout repeat regional buyers beyond the school-district pattern, and no recent solicitations focus exclusively on dried kiwi—the commodity appears only as one line among many in broader food-service competitive buys.