UNSPSC 50325032: Dried parson brown oranges

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

UNSPSC 50325032 Dried parson brown oranges is a Commodity code that describes a single produce line item — whole, dried citrus fruit — but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not reflect a market for parson brown oranges specifically. Instead, the code's activity consists almost entirely of broad fresh and processed produce solicitations issued by school districts, county boards of education, state correctional facilities, and county social services agencies seeking to fill cafeteria, nutrition, and inmate feeding contracts. Representative work includes Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items (apples, berries, vegetables, citrus, specialty fruits) with delivery to three school sites and a response date of June 26, 2026; the City of Bridgeport's commodity procurement for the Board of Education Nutrition Center covering 115 line items of eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and produce with a June 26, 2026 response deadline; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for cafeteria food products encompassing approximately 382 line items across proteins, dairy, grains, and fresh and canned produce with an extended May 4, 2026 deadline; and Santa Clara County's ITB for dried fruits and nuts (raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, pecans) supplying an inmate food service with a February 5, 2026 response date. The issuing bodies span state education agencies (Georgia Department of Education via individual school boards), county school systems (Hancock County, Douglas County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham, Fairfax County), city education departments (Bridgeport), state correctional facilities (Texas TDCJ, Santa Clara County sheriff's detention), and state food procurement offices.

Activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, with solicitations from Georgia (Hancock County, Douglas County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham, statewide), Connecticut (Bridgeport), Texas (state-level TDCJ procurement), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Virginia (Fairfax County), and California (Santa Clara County). Recent opportunities reflect K-12 school nutrition as the dominant use case, with secondary demand from correctional institutions. Buy American requirements appear in nearly all school-based RFPs and IFBs, typically mandating minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products. School districts and education agencies award on lowest responsive bid basis, often reserve the right to split awards across multiple vendors by line item, and typically require firm pricing for 12-month contract terms with optional renewal periods of one to four years. Dried citrus or dried parson brown oranges do not appear as line items in the representative opportunities reviewed; the code's recent activity reflects general fresh and dried produce procurement rather than parson brown oranges specifically.