UNSPSC 50325862: Dried quetsch plum

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

UNSPSC 50325862 Dried quetsch plum is a Commodity code encompassing dried plum products procured by state and local school districts and correctional facilities. Recent state and local solicitations under this code show minimal direct purchasing of dried quetsch plums specifically; instead, the code appears in school nutrition procurement campaigns that cast a wide net across dried-fruit categories. The Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued a fresh produce IFB in June 2026 that itemizes specialty produce but does not isolate dried plums from broader fresh-produce aggregates. More relevant are correctional and detention facility procurements: Santa Clara County (California) solicited dried fruits and nuts for the Elmwood Correctional Facility in January 2026, specifying dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix on an all-or-none basis, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a separate IFB for whole pitted dried prunes in February 2026 meeting U.S. Grade B specifications. School districts dominate the broader food-procurement landscape under related codes, with Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) all issuing RFPs and IFBs for grocery and produce items in the March–June 2026 window. These school-district solicitations encompass 72 to over 900 line items across fresh and frozen produce, grains, dairy, proteins, and prepared entrees, but dried quetsch plums are not prominently itemized in publicly available scope documents.

The recent activity centers on Georgia, California, Texas, Missouri, and Virginia, with school districts and correctional authorities as the primary buying bodies. School districts require Buy American certification (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed items), HACCP plans, firm fixed pricing for 12-month contract periods, and weekly or frequent deliveries to multiple school sites. Correctional facilities impose similar food-safety and specification requirements but operate on longer contract terms (Santa Clara's dried-fruit contract runs five years with optional annual price escalation capped at a bidder-specified percentage). The Santa Clara County ITB for dried fruits and nuts (due February 5, 2026) required all-or-none bidding on five line items with pricing locked for Year 1 and optional increases in Years 2–5, while the Texas TDCJ prune solicitation (Bid No. IW236532, due February 20, 2026) specified U.S. Grade B whole pitted dried prunes in 60–70 count size, 25-pound boxes, minimum 1,400 boxes for Delivery Area 1. No school district has yet isolated dried quetsch plums as a standalone line item in publicly posted bids; the code's activity remains concentrated in criminal-justice food services rather than K–12 nutrition programs.