UNSPSC 50327032: Dried sea buckhorn berries

The type of fruit known as sea buckhorn berries that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50327032 Dried sea buckhorn berries is a Commodity code that nominally covers specialty dried fruit products, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal alignment with sea buckhorn specifically. Instead, school districts and correctional facilities are actively procuring broad categories of dried fruits, nuts, and fresh produce through solicitations tagged with this code. The actual buying reflects standard K-12 nutrition and institutional food service operations: Hancock County Schools (Georgia) sought fresh produce across 200+ line items including apples, berries, and vegetables for the 2026-27 school year under IFB due June 26, 2026; Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) issued a Master Grocery K-12 term contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) spanning food products for 45 schools plus distribution kitchens; Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) solicited over 900 grocery line items including snacks, fruits, vegetables, and prepared entrees for 2026-27 (due April 29, 2026); and Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia) sought 400+ food items across fresh and frozen produce, dairy, proteins, and grains (IFB due April 29, 2026). Correctional and detention facilities also appear: Santa Clara County (California) requested dried fruits and nuts—including raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans—for the Sheriff's Department's Elmwood Correctional Facility (ITB due February 5, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited whole pitted dried prunes in Grade B quality (IFB 236532, due February 20, 2026). Issuing bodies span school districts of varying sizes, state departments, county corrections authorities, and specialized procurement divisions; school nutrition programs are the dominant buyer category.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Texas, with recent opportunities posted from Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham County school systems), Virginia (Fairfax County), Missouri (Rockwood), Connecticut (Bridgeport), Texas (TDCJ statewide), and California (Santa Clara County). Douglas County School System appears twice, coordinating purchasing through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across Georgia (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026; estimated spending $4.4 million Area One, $1.1 million Area Two). The code shows active procurement but lacks specificity to sea buckhorn berries; vendors pursuing this taxonomy should expect to compete on mainstream dried fruits, fresh produce, and institutional food service items, not specialty berries.