UNSPSC 50325016: Dried hamlin oranges

The variety of oranges known as hamlin oranges that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50325016 Dried hamlin oranges is a Commodity code that captures dried citrus procurements by school nutrition programs, state agencies, and corrections departments purchasing food products for institutional feeding. While the code name specifies hamlin oranges, recent state and local solicitations under this taxonomy span a much broader fresh and processed produce category—school districts and food service operations are acquiring produce across multiple citrus varieties, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, melons, and specialty fruits as part of annual nutrition contracts that embed citrus within larger multi-line-item commodity buys. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia), municipal boards of education (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), state departments managing institutional foodservice (Georgia, Texas corrections systems), and Texas criminal-justice facilities. The solicitations consistently enforce Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed items and specify firm fixed pricing with transportation included to multiple delivery locations; vendors must demonstrate HACCP compliance, USDA grade certification, nutritional analysis, and commercial general liability insurance.

Recent opportunities show concentrated activity in the Southeast and Texas. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issued an IFB on June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items across the 2026–27 school year with delivery to three school sites; the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued a parallel IFB on June 2, 2026, also due June 26, 2026, for 115 commodity line items including fruit and vegetables to its nutrition center. The State of Georgia posted a food supplies solicitation on May 15, 2026, due June 22, 2026. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the State Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026 (extended from April 21), covering approximately 382 line items with delivery to six Texas distribution points and contract terms through August 31, 2027, with optional renewals. A prior TDCJ prune-specific procurement (Bid IW236532, posted April 23, 2026) targeted 1,400 boxes of U.S. Grade B dried prunes for the Corpus Christi location, though that bid opening date of February 20, 2026, predates recent posting. Pricing is consistently firm fixed for the contract term unless documented market changes trigger renegotiation, and awards are made to lowest responsive bidders with Board discretion to select single or multiple vendors.