UNSPSC 50325826: Dried ebony plums

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

UNSPSC 50325826 Dried ebony plums (Commodity) names a narrow food product category that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food service. Recent solicitations show school districts and state corrections agencies purchasing dried plums — sometimes explicitly, and sometimes as part of broader commodity fruit and vegetable categories that include other dried fruits. The work involves responding to sealed-bid IFBs with firm fixed pricing, meeting USDA quality and grading standards, providing HACCP plans or equivalent food-safety documentation, complying with Buy American provisions (typically 51 percent domestic content for processed products), and delivering to designated institutional locations on agreed schedules. Issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state corrections agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and state purchasing divisions acting on behalf of multiple agencies. Most opportunities arrive as IFBs with response deadlines of 30 to 60 days and require comprehensive vendor certifications including USDA compliance, commercial general liability insurance, and debarment verification.

Geographic activity clusters in the South and Southwest, with recent solicitations posted by Georgia school districts and state procurement offices, Connecticut municipalities, and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts acting on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. One recent example is the Texas TDCJ's IFB for cafeteria food products (Bid No. 304T-26-300CF), due May 4, 2026, encompassing approximately 382 line items of food including dried fruits and other staples for delivery across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations; another is Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce (Solicitation Number PE67080NONST2027000000013), due June 26, 2026, covering over 200 line items with delivery to three school sites through June 30, 2027. A dedicated prunes solicitation from TDCJ (Bid No. IW236532, originally due February 20, 2026) specified U.S. Grade B dried prunes in 60-70 count size, 25-pound boxes, with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes for one delivery location. School nutrition contracts typically run one fiscal year with firm pricing; institutional corrections contracts often include optional renewal periods.