UNSPSC 50324439: Dried sunburst mandarin oranges

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

UNSPSC 50324439 Dried sunburst mandarin oranges is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to its scope. The code shows little purchasing demand in the opportunities dataset; the single directly on-point reference appears in the Santa Clara County ITB for dried fruits and nuts (dried cranberries and raisins specified, but not mandarin oranges specifically), which served a county correctional facility's food services. The broader activity tagged under codes in the dried-fruit and fresh-produce family reflects substantial state and local spending on school nutrition, correctional facilities, and emergency management procurement, but opportunities typically solicit multi-category produce bundles—apples, berries, citrus, root vegetables, and specialty items—rather than single dried-fruit varieties. When school districts and county purchasing offices issue RFPs and IFBs for food products, they aggregate demand across dozens or hundreds of line items spanning fresh produce, proteins, grains, and processed foods; dried mandarin oranges, when purchased, occupy one or two line items within those broader solicitations and do not drive separate procurements.

Geographic activity in the surrounding fresh-produce and grocery-commodity family centers on Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Douglas County, and Savannah-Chatham County school systems), Texas (TDCJ prison food services), Missouri (Rockwood School District), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and California (Santa Clara County). These jurisdictions issue annual or multi-year IFBs and RFPs on fixed or cost-plus pricing models, with delivery windows spanning July through June school years or calendar terms. Evaluation typically favors lowest responsive and responsible bidders meeting Buy American, USDA, and food-safety specifications. Dried mandarin oranges would compete within these broader aggregated procurements but do not generate standalone demand signals or separate line-item emphasis in recent notices, making this code a lower-priority pursuit for vendors focused on dried-fruit categories without demonstrated school nutrition or correctional-food contract experience at scale.