UNSPSC 50327202: Dried aleppo olives

The variety of olives known as aleppo olives that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50327202 Dried aleppo olives is a Commodity code that covers dried tree fruits and preserved produce items procured by state and local education and corrections agencies. The recent opportunities under this code show minimal direct procurement of the nominal commodity (dried aleppo olives specifically), but instead reveal a broader pattern of school districts, county boards of education, and correctional food services sourcing dried fruits and nuts as part of large institutional food supply contracts. The Douglas County School System RFP for Food Supply and Distribution Services targets approximately $9 million in annual expenditure across 32 schools serving 25,500 students; the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office solicits dried fruits and nuts for correctional facility food services on a five-year term with firm pricing in Year 1 and capped annual increases thereafter. School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, including Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia. Texas agencies—the Department of Criminal Justice and the Comptroller of Public Accounts—also participate, procuring food products including dried fruits for incarcerated populations. These jurisdictions typically bundle dried fruits into broader commodity or grocery contracts rather than soliciting them as standalone line items, suggesting that vendors pursuing this code succeed by offering dried fruits as part of comprehensive food distribution capabilities.

The code shows concentrated recent activity in Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Virginia, and California, with school districts conducting annual IFB or RFP cycles timed to the July 1 contract renewal date. The Hancock County Schools Nutrition IFB for Fresh Produce (due June 26, 2026) encompasses over 200 line items but does not specifically name dried aleppo olives; the Rockwood R-VI School District grocery procurement (due April 29, 2026) covers over 900 line items across multiple food categories; and the Santa Clara County ITB for Dried Fruits and Nuts (due February 5, 2026) is the closest match to the commodity code, requiring dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans on a five-year contract with estimated annual volumes of 5,880 cases of raisins and 1,000 cases each of cranberries and tropical fruit mix. Buy American requirements with 51 percent domestic agricultural content minimums are standard across these solicitations, and vendors must meet HACCP, food safety, and USDA compliance standards. Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 with firm pricing for the contract term and run-through Q2 2026 for the current cycle. The code's activity centers on institutional food service rather than retail or consumer markets, and vendors succeed by integrating dried fruits into broader food distribution networks serving K-12 and corrections sectors.