UNSPSC 50325829: Dried empress plums

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

UNSPSC 50325829 Dried empress plums (Commodity) shows minimal activity directly aligned with the code's scope. The recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code encompass a far broader range of food procurement — fresh produce, eggs, cafeteria staples, and comprehensive grocery supply contracts — rather than dried plums specifically. Only one solicitation, the County of Santa Clara's January 2026 dried fruits and nuts procurement (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617), involves dried fruit products at all, and that contract calls for raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix, not empress plums. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either tagging inconsistency or that dried empress plums are not a distinct procurement driver in state and local school nutrition and correctional food service contracting.

The recent opportunities reflect K–12 school nutrition programs and correctional facilities across Georgia, Connecticut, Missouri, Virginia, Texas, and California procuring fresh produce, eggs, and general grocery supply on annual contracts with July-to-June fiscal-year terms. Representative solicitations include Hancock County Schools (Georgia) IFB for fresh produce due June 26, 2026; the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) IFB for commodities due June 26, 2026; and the Douglas County School System (Georgia) RFP for food supply and distribution with an estimated annual spend of $9 million, due February 18, 2026. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with one county sheriff's department (Santa Clara) and one state criminal justice agency (Texas TDCJ) also active. Geographic concentration centers on the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, with single solicitations in Texas and California. Unless dried empress plums are commonly ordered as part of broader produce or commodity line items, this code does not signal active standalone demand.