UNSPSC 50327220: Dried mission olives

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

UNSPSC 50327220 Dried mission olives is a Commodity code that encompasses dried fruit products procured by state and local school nutrition programs, criminal justice departments, and other institutional food service operations. State and local government buyers soliciting under this code purchase dried fruits and related preserved produce items for bulk institutional foodservice — most visibly, school lunch programs and correctional facility cafeterias. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state correctional or nutrition departments, with school boards appearing as the primary repeat buyers across recent activity. Vendors supplying under this code must meet Buy American provisions (typically 51 percent domestic content for processed products), maintain USDA grade certifications, provide HACCP or equivalent safety plans, and deliver to multiple institutional sites on fixed-price contracts running twelve months or longer. Delivery requirements are firm, with freight prepaid on destination terms, and payment cycles typically run 30 to 45 days net.

Recent activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and Texas, driven by school nutrition procurement and state correctional food service. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB on June 10, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items across the 2026–27 school year (response due June 26, 2026), with delivery to three school sites and the requirement that bid prices remain firm through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Department of Public Purchases requested bids for cafeteria food commodities on June 2, 2026, covering 115 line items with electronic submission by June 26, 2026, and MBE/CBE certifications applicable under city ordinance. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, issued an IFB for cafeteria food products (Solicitation 304T26300CF) with response due May 4, 2026, and a separate bid for whole, pitted dried prunes (Solicitation IW236532) to supply correctional facility warehouse locations. The State of Georgia released a solicitation on May 15, 2026, for food supplies and other kitchen products (due June 22, 2026), with full scope contained in attached documents. Recent opportunities do not show concentration specifically on dried mission olives as a line item; the code appears to capture a broader dried-fruit and preserved-produce category within larger institutional foodservice solicitations.