UNSPSC 50324436: Dried saltenitas oranges

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

UNSPSC 50324436 Dried saltenitas oranges is a Commodity code covering dried citrus fruit products procured primarily by school districts and state correctional agencies for food-service operations. While the code name specifies saltenitas oranges, recent state and local solicitations show that school nutrition programs and institutional foodservice operations source dried citrus as part of broader fresh and processed produce portfolios rather than as standalone line items. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce for the 2026–27 school year under IFB #SN002-2027 (due June 26, 2026) encompassing over 200 line items including citrus fruits alongside apples, berries, vegetables, and specialty produce; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut similarly sought commodities for its Board of Education Nutrition Center (due June 26, 2026) across 115 line items including fruit and vegetable products. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Georgia state purchasing have also posted broader food-procurement solicitations covering multiple product categories where dried fruits appear within larger cafeteria-supply contracts. Issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Schools, Bridgeport Board of Education), state purchasing divisions (Georgia and Texas), and state correctional systems (TDCJ). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products apply across school-lunch solicitations.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary solicitation volume in Connecticut. Representative opportunities include the Hancock County Schools fresh-produce IFB (Georgia, June 26, 2026 response date), the City of Bridgeport commodities IFB (Connecticut, June 26, 2026 response date), the State of Georgia food-supplies solicitation (due June 22, 2026), and the Texas TDCJ cafeteria-food-products IFB (due May 4, 2026 with prior extension from April 21). The TDCJ separately bid dried prunes (Bid IW236532) in February 2026 at 1,400-box minimum quantity for the Corpus location, indicating recurring institutional demand for dried fruits. Most school-district and state solicitations require firm pricing for the full contract term (typically July 2026 through June 2027 for school food), HACCP or USDA compliance documentation, delivery to multiple designated sites, and acceptance of single or multiple-vendor awards. Few opportunities specifically isolate dried-citrus procurement as a standalone line item; most treat dried fruits as subordinate components within comprehensive food-commodity buys.