UNSPSC 50324420: Dried malvasios oranges

The variety of mandarin oranges and tangerines known as malvasios oranges that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50324420 Dried malvasios oranges is a Commodity code that covers dried citrus fruits, including malvasios oranges and related dried citrus products, procured by state and local educational and correctional institutions for food service operations. State and local governments buy dried citrus under this code primarily as ingredient components in school nutrition programs and institutional food service, where they appear as line items within larger fresh and dried produce RFBs and commodity solicitations. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state departments managing centralized food procurement for educational nutrition centers and correctional facilities. School districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut) and state agencies (State of Georgia, Texas Department of Criminal Justice) drive activity under the code, with school nutrition programs representing the primary market segment alongside institutional corrections food service.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Schools (Sparta, Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce covering over 200 line items for the 2026–27 school year with three delivery locations; while dried malvasios oranges were not explicitly itemized in the available summary, the scope encompassed citrus fruits alongside produce. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities for the Board of Education Nutrition Center via IFB BNB053266, posted June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, covering 115 line items including fruit and vegetable products under Buy American Provision compliance. Texas Department of Criminal Justice procured whole pitted dried prunes (TDCJ Bid No. IW236532) with a due date of February 20, 2026, meeting U.S. Grade B specifications in 60–70 count size, 1,400 boxes minimum to Delivery Area 1 (Corpus location), demonstrating state correctional facility reliance on dried fruit procurement. The State of Georgia issued PE55645NONST2026000000009 on May 15, 2026, due June 22, 2026, for food supplies and kitchen products with scope details in the attached solicitation document. Bidders must comply with Buy American Provision requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), USDA grade standards, HACCP plans where required, and provide firm fixed pricing with all transportation and delivery charges included.