UNSPSC 50327211: Dried gaeta olives

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

UNSPSC 50327211 Dried gaeta olives is a Commodity code that encompasses dried fruit and nut products supplied to institutional food service operations, principally school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. Recent state and local solicitations show that this code captures procurement of shelf-stable produce items—dried fruits, nuts, and related specialty items—rather than fresh produce. School districts, county correctional systems, and state departments of criminal justice dominate the issuing bodies, with school nutrition programs accounting for the largest volume of activity. The work involves sourcing products meeting USDA nutritional and safety standards (including HACCP plans and food recall protocols), maintaining firm pricing across contract periods typically running one to three years, and delivering on FOB Destination terms with freight prepaid. Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content (51 percent for processed items) and compliance with Child Nutrition regulations appear across solicitations.

The most active procurement geography spans Georgia, with school districts in Hancock County, Liberty County, Douglas County, and Savannah-Chatham County posting multiple opportunities in recent months; Texas (TDCJ prisons), California (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department), and Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education) show secondary activity. The County of Santa Clara issued ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 in January 2026 for dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans to support correctional food services (due February 5, 2026). The Douglas County School System posted RFP 26-003 in January 2026 for food supply and distribution to 32 schools (due February 18, 2026), and Liberty County Board of Education issued an IFB for over 400 food items including dried products (due April 29, 2026). These solicitations consistently require three to five years of prior experience supplying similar goods, commercial general liability insurance of $1 million minimum, and competitive pricing on a line-item basis with potential awards to multiple vendors.