UNSPSC 50324802: Dried bayberries

The variety of fruit known as bayberries that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50324802 Dried bayberries, a Commodity code, encompasses dried fruit products procured by state and local school districts and correctional facilities to support nutrition and food service programs. Recent solicitations under this code show purchasing activity centered on bulk dried fruits—including raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, and specialty nuts—supplied to institutional food service operations rather than fresh produce or specialty retail markets. State and local issuing bodies procuring under this code span school districts (from small county systems to large regional districts), state departments of education, county boards of education, and correctional facilities operated by state departments of criminal justice. School nutrition programs dominate the activity, with individual districts regularly issuing IFBs and RFPs for multi-year food supply contracts covering dozens of product lines, many of which include dried fruits as line items within broader grocery or produce solicitations.

Recent opportunities show purchasing concentrated in Georgia and Texas, with additional activity in Connecticut, Virginia, Missouri, and California. A representative recent opportunity is Santa Clara County, California's ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 (due February 5, 2026), soliciting dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans for the County Sheriff's Department of Correction food service at Elmwood Correctional Facility on a five-year contract with firm pricing in Year 1 and optional annual increases capped at bidder-specified rates. Another example is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Bid IW236532 (due February 20, 2026), procuring U.S. Grade B whole pitted dried prunes in 60-70 count size, 25-pound boxes, with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes for delivery to a Corpus Christi location. School district procurement activity includes Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (Hancock Central Middle/High School, M.E. Lewis Elementary, and Early Head Start, due June 26, 2026), spanning over 200 fresh produce line items with some dried fruit components, and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026), covering fresh produce and eggs for 30 school districts across two Georgia areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. Buy American requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products) and USDA Grade A or B compliance appear consistently across solicitations. Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options extending two to five years, and pricing remains firm for the contract term with prospective price redetermination tied to USDA market indices or labor statistics reporting.