UNSPSC 50324500: Dried mangoes

A tropical fruit commonly with a firm yellowish red skin, hard central stone, and juicy aromatic pulp, produced by an evergreen tree (mangifera indica) of the cashew family that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50324500 Dried mangoes, a Class code, does not align with current state and local procurement activity. The code nominally covers dried mango products, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it predominantly solicit fresh produce and broad food commodities for school nutrition and institutional food service, with dried mango appearing only incidentally within larger fresh fruit line items. School districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state purchasing divisions (State of Georgia, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and criminal justice institutions dominate the issuing bodies. The scope of work under recent solicitations spans fresh fruits and vegetables, proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared entrees for cafeteria operations and institutional meal service—not specialized dried fruit procurement. One solicitation nominally indexed to dried fruit (prunes for TDCJ Corpus Location, Bid No. IW236532) represents a narrow, single-commodity acquisition rather than a category-level market signal.

Geographic activity clusters in the South and Southwest, with recent postings from Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Representative opportunities include Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce SY27 (IFB, due June 26, 2026), which solicits over 200 fresh produce line items including mangos as one item among apples, berries, vegetables, and citrus for three school delivery sites under Buy American requirements; the City of Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition Center procurement (IFB, due June 26, 2026), covering 115 commodity line items for school lunch supply with MBE/CBE certifications applicable; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Cafeteria Food Products IFB (due May 4, 2026 after extension via Addendum No. 2), encompassing approximately 382 line items of proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, and produce across five TDCJ warehouse regions. The code shows little relevant recent activity for standalone dried-mango vendors; pursuit should focus on broader food distribution capacity and institutional food service qualifications rather than specialty dried-fruit sourcing.