UNSPSC 50325100: Dried papayas

Succulent yellow fruit of a large plant (carica papaya) of the family caricaceae that is considered a tree, though its palmlike trunk, up to 8 m (26 feet) tall, is not as woody as the designation generally implies. Also called papaw or pawpaw that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50325100 Dried papayas (Class) represents a narrow commodity line within fresh and processed fruit procurement, though state and local governments rarely solicit dried papayas as a standalone category. Instead, dried papayas appear as line items within broader fresh produce, grocery, or specialty fruit solicitations. Recent school nutrition and institutional food service RFPs and IFBs consistently include papayas—both fresh and occasionally dried—as specialty produce items alongside apples, berries, citrus, melons, and other fruits, typically in quantities of 5–50 cases annually per district. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs and departments across school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Liberty County in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia, Douglas County in Georgia), with occasional procurement by correctional facilities and county sheriff departments for inmate food services (Santa Clara County, California; Texas Department of Criminal Justice).

Activity under this code concentrates in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with the highest recent volume in Georgia school districts. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB #SN002-2027 (due June 26, 2026), which solicited over 200 line items including papayas among specialty items for delivery to three school locations; the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's fresh-produce bid 26-34 (due April 23, 2026) for 72 produce items including specialty fruits; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026) covering fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 to $1.1 million by geographic area. All school nutrition solicitations require Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, firm pricing for the contract term (typically July 1 through June 30), and delivery to multiple school sites on scheduled weekday windows. No recent opportunities solicit dried papayas exclusively; the commodity appears only as a subordinate line item in multi-hundred-item produce contracts where it rarely represents significant volume or procurement value.