UNSPSC 50331615: Dried organic early bright apricots

The variety of organic apricots known as organic early bright apricots that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50331615 Dried organic early bright apricots, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of dried fruit products for institutional food service, primarily school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show school districts and state agencies purchasing dried produce alongside fresh fruit and vegetables as part of broader institutional meal sourcing, with the actual buying spanning multiple dried fruit varieties under contract terms that typically run a full school or fiscal year. The issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state departments and agencies (State of Georgia procurement on behalf of unspecified end users, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and city procurement offices acting on behalf of school nutrition centers. School nutrition programs dominate the visible activity, with IFBs and RFQs requiring compliance with Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products) and HACCP plans, firm fixed pricing for the contract term, and delivery to multiple school sites on FOB Destination terms.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and Mid-Atlantic states, with posted opportunities from Georgia (Hancock County Schools IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026, and State of Georgia procurement posting May 15, 2026 with June 22 response date), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport nutrition commodities IFB BNB053266, due June 26, 2026), and Texas (TDCJ cafeteria food products IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026, and TDCJ dried prunes bid IW236532, originally due February 20, 2026). The Hancock County Schools solicitation specifies over 200 fresh produce line items with delivery to three school sites through June 30, 2027; the Bridgeport Board of Education bid covers 115 commodity line items for delivery to a single nutrition center through June 30, 2027; and the TDCJ cafeteria food products IFB encompasses approximately 382 line items across five Texas geographic regions with a contract term through August 31, 2027 plus optional renewals. The code shows active institutional food service procurement, though the recent opportunities block does not isolate dried apricots as a distinctly bid line item — the code appears to tag commodity-level purchasing that bundles dried fruit with broader fresh and processed produce categories.