UNSPSC 50325306: Dried babcock peaches

The variety of peaches known as babcock peaches that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50325306 Dried babcock peaches is a Commodity code covering dried stone fruits procured by school districts and criminal-justice agencies for nutrition programs and institutional food service. The recent solicitations show that state and local buyers under this code are seeking dried fruit products as components within broader food-supply contracts—not standalone dried-peach purchases, but rather line items within multi-hundred-item procurement scopes that also include fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and condiments. School nutrition programs (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut) and state agencies managing institutional food service (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia) dominate the issuing-body mix, with these entities consolidating commodity procurement through annual or multi-year competitively bid IFBs rather than frequent single-item solicitations.

Recent opportunities show dried fruit and related commodity items embedded in broader food-service contracts across Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Schools issued an IFB on June 10, 2026 (due June 26, 2026) for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items for the 2026–27 school year with Buy American requirements mandating 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases posted a commodities IFB on June 2, 2026 (due June 26, 2026) covering 115 line items including fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center under similar Buy American and MBE/CBE preference provisions. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026 (extended due date May 4, 2026) for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products including dried fruits, with delivery to six TDCJ distribution points across Texas and a contract term through August 31, 2027 plus two optional one-year renewals. A separate TDCJ bid (IW236532, April 23, 2026) specifically targeted dried prunes—a closely related commodity—with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes at U.S. Grade B quality and a February 20, 2026 award date. Opportunities under this code reflect institutionalized food procurement cycles tied to school-year and fiscal-year calendars, with strong emphasis on Buy American compliance, HACCP/food-safety documentation, and multi-location delivery logistics.