UNSPSC 50327037: Dried tamarindo

The type of fruit known as tamarindo that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50327037 Dried tamarindo is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of dried fruit products for institutional food service. In practice, recent school district and corrections department solicitations show that buyers under this code are procuring dried and processed fruit items as components of larger food supply contracts for cafeteria operations and inmate meal programs. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts and state corrections departments, with Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), City of Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), State of Georgia, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice all posting solicitations in the past four months that encompass dried fruit among broader commodity lineups.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia and Texas, with Connecticut also active. Representative opportunities include Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce (IFB, due June 26, 2026), which specifies fresh produce across 200+ line items delivered to three school sites; City of Bridgeport Commodities (IFB, due June 26, 2026), requiring 115 commodity line items including fruit and vegetable products delivered to a central nutrition center; State of Georgia Food, Supplies, and Other Kitchen Products (IFB, due June 22, 2026); and Texas Department of Criminal Justice Cafeteria Food Products (IFB, extended due date May 4, 2026), encompassing 382 food items across five geographic distribution points. A separate TDCJ solicitation (Bid No. IW236532) specifically solicited whole, pitted, dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality at 60–70 count size, with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes at the Corpus location. Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content apply across school nutrition contracts, and vendors must meet HACCP, USDA, and health inspection compliance standards. Payment terms typically run Net 30 to Net 45 days, with contracts running through June 2027 or beyond.