UNSPSC 50325808: Dried beach plum

The variety of plums known as beach plum that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50325808 Dried beach plum is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of specialty dried fruit products, though recent solicitation activity shows that school districts, state correctional systems, and municipal nutrition programs are actually buying a much broader range of dried and preserved fruits — including prunes, berries, and other shelf-stable produce — rather than beach plum specifically. Issuing bodies include county school nutrition programs (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia), municipal education nutrition centers (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), state departments (Georgia), and state correctional agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). The work involves supplying large-volume, specification-driven food commodities to institutional kitchens and nutrition centers with firm pricing, delivery to designated receiving points, USDA compliance and grade certification, HACCP or equivalent food-safety protocols, and extended contract terms typically running through the fiscal year.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. In Georgia, Hancock County Board of Education issued IFB #SN002-2027 (due June 26, 2026) for fresh produce across 200+ line items with delivery to three school sites for the 2026–27 school year; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities including fruit and vegetable products (due June 26, 2026) for the Board of Education Nutrition Center under IFB BNB053266; the State of Georgia posted a general food, supplies, and other kitchen products RFB (due June 22, 2026); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across multiple warehouse locations statewide (extended due date May 4, 2026, with responses to six distribution points). A TDCJ procurement (IW236532, due February 20, 2026) specifically called for 1,400 boxes of U.S. Grade B whole, pitted, dried prunes in 60–70 count size to the Corpus Christi location. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed products and MBE/CBE considerations under municipal ordinance apply in Connecticut; no set-asides appear in the TDCJ or Georgia solicitations.