UNSPSC 50325816: Dried blackamber plums

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

UNSPSC 50325816 Dried blackamber plums (Commodity) covers whole, pitted dried prunes and similar dried stone fruits procured by state and local school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and other institutional food service operations. State and local governments buy these items as bulk commodities for cafeteria meal preparation and inmate feeding programs, typically in case or box quantities with USDA grade certification and multi-month contract terms. The issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state departments of criminal justice (Texas TDCJ), and state purchasing divisions acting on behalf of institutional customers. School district nutrition programs and state corrections departments appear as repeat buyers under or near this code.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products (including dried fruits) destined for TDCJ warehouse locations across five geographic areas, with responses due May 4, 2026 and contract term through August 31, 2027 with two optional one-year renewals. A more specific TDCJ Bid No. IW236532 posted in April 2026 targeted 1,400 boxes of U.S. Grade B whole, pitted dried prunes in 60–70 count size for delivery to a Corpus location, with a February 20, 2026 response deadline and standard USDA grade certification and packaging requirements. Hancock County Schools in Georgia posted IFB #SN002-2027 in June 2026 requesting fresh produce for the 2026–27 school year with response due June 26, 2026, spanning 200 line items including specialty dried and fresh fruits; the City of Bridgeport posted a commodities IFB in June 2026 for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with 115 line items and response due June 26, 2026, both subject to Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products.