UNSPSC 50327035: Dried soursops

The type of fruit known as soursops that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50327035 Dried soursops is a Commodity code covering dried tropical fruits for institutional food service, solicited primarily by school districts and corrections agencies for cafeteria and nutrition programs. State and local governments purchasing under this code buy dried fruits as components of meal programs and food-service commodity supplies rather than as standalone retail products. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state corrections departments, with occasional municipal school nutrition centers; these agencies treat dried soursops as part of broader fresh and processed produce categories within their food-service procurement cycles. The code shows limited standalone solicitation activity — most opportunities frame dried soursops as line items within larger food-commodity RFQs or IFBs rather than as dedicated procurements.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB in June 2026 for fresh produce spanning 200-plus line items for the 2026–27 school year, with a response due June 26, 2026, covering delivery to three school locations under a firm-fixed-price contract with a 51 percent domestic content requirement. The City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Board of Education Nutrition Center solicited commodities via IFB on June 26, 2026, encompassing 115 line items across proteins, dairy, and fruit and vegetable products. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, via the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued an IFB in May 2026 for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with a response deadline extended to May 4, 2026, and a State of Georgia food-supplies IFB posted May 15, 2026, with a June 22 response date. The most directly relevant to dried soursops is a TDCJ bid (IW236532) for whole, pitted, dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality with a February 20, 2026 bid opening, indicating that corrections and school-nutrition buyers do procure dried fruits as discrete line items when specifications and usage volumes justify standalone awards.