UNSPSC 50325840: Dried howard sun plums

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

UNSPSC 50325840 Dried howard sun plums (Commodity) represents fresh and processed dried fruit purchased by school districts, state correctional systems, and municipal school nutrition centers. The code encompasses whole dried fruits meeting USDA quality grades, typically packed in food-grade containers with specified counts and weights, and delivered to institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and state agencies buying dried fruits as part of broader school lunch and institutional feeding programs, often bundled with fresh produce and other cafeteria commodities under Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content thresholds.

State and local purchasing under the code concentrates in the South, with recent activity from Georgia, Texas, and Connecticut school districts and state agencies. Hancock County Board of Education (Sparta, Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce including specialty dried fruits for the 2026–27 school year. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026, for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas, and separately bid IW236532 for whole pitted dried prunes (U.S. Grade B, 60–70 count) with a February 20, 2026, due date and minimum order of 1,400 boxes for the Corpus Christi location. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB053266 on June 2, 2026, with responses due June 26, 2026, for commodities including fruit and vegetable products to supply the Board of Education Nutrition Center. All solicitations require USDA compliance, nutritional documentation, and firm pricing for contract periods extending through mid-2027, with delivery to designated school or institutional sites.