UNSPSC 50327000: Dried nominant fruits

Fruit types that belong to no other class and have no other fruit commodities related to them that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50327000 Dried nominant fruits (Class) covers fresh and dried fruit products that state and local governments procure for school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and other institutional food services. Recent solicitations under this code reflect heavy demand for fresh produce delivered on fixed, firm pricing to multiple school sites and detention facilities, though the code's nominal scope—dried fruits—appears in only a subset of recent opportunities. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) all soliciting produce contracts in the first half of 2026. City and county corrections systems also bid under related food codes—Santa Clara County's Sheriff Department solicited dried fruits and nuts for Elmwood Correctional Facility in January 2026. State entities including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Georgia state agencies round out the issuing bodies. Scope varies from fresh-only (apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, melons, citrus, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes, specialty items) to mixed fresh-and-processed (pre-cut vegetables, fruit cups, prepared salads) to dried-fruit-specific items (raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, pecans). Buy American provisions requiring a minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products and domestic sourcing for fresh produce appear consistently across school nutrition RFPs and IFBs.

The code shows concentrated recent activity in Georgia and Virginia, with secondary presence in Missouri, Texas, Connecticut, and California. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, for over 200 fresh produce line items across multiple apple varieties, berries, root vegetables, and specialty fruits, with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, and delivery to three school sites from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) solicited a Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323) on April 6, 2026, requiring delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens on a weekly basis, with sealed bids due April 27, 2026. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued a commodities bid (BNB053266) on June 2, 2026, for the Board of Education Nutrition Center, with electronic submissions due June 26, 2026, and scope spanning eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and fruit and vegetable products. Santa Clara County, California's Sheriff Department issued ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 on January 28, 2026, for dried fruits and nuts to support Elmwood Correctional Facility on a five-year contract with firm Year 1 pricing, requiring all-or-none bids for raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans, with bids due February 5, 2026, and a five percent local business preference available to Santa Clara County vendors. Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued RFP SN 26-004 on February 4, 2026, through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts with estimated spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, proposals due March 4, 2026. All school nutrition contracts specify firm, fixed pricing for the contract term, FOB Destination with freight prepaid, weekly or more frequent deliveries during school hours (typically 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday–Friday), HACCP and food safety compliance, and minimum three to five years of prior experience supplying similar products.