UNSPSC 50325104: Dried mountain papayas

The variety of papayas known as mountain papayas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50325104 Dried mountain papayas, a Commodity code, covers fresh and preserved fruit products procured by school districts, corrections departments, and state agencies for food service and nutrition programs. The recent solicitations under this code show that state and local governments buy dried and fresh fruits as components of broader produce and food service supply contracts rather than as standalone specialty items. Dried papayas appear alongside fresh produce, canned fruits, and other commodity proteins and vegetables in multi-category RFPs and IFBs. The buying bodies are predominantly school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut) and state criminal justice departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), which source food through centralized procurement offices or nutrition centers. These issuing bodies typically award to single or multiple vendors based on lowest responsive bid or best value, require USDA compliance and grade certifications, mandate domestic sourcing under Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), and enforce delivery schedules, insurance, and recall protocols.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas, with the most recent opportunities posted between May and June 2026. Hancock County Schools issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, due June 26, requesting over 200 line items of fresh produce including papayas for three school delivery locations under a July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 contract. The City of Bridgeport's Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities (BNB053266) due June 26, 2026, covering 115 line items including fruit and vegetable products for delivery to the Thomas E. Carroll Nutrition Center. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, procuring on behalf of TDCJ, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026, for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five geographic areas in Texas with firm pricing through August 31, 2027, plus optional renewals. A separate TDCJ solicitation (IW236532) targeted dried prunes specifically for Corpus Christi delivery with a February 20, 2026 due date.