UNSPSC 50331622: Dried organic helena apricots

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

UNSPSC 50331622 Dried organic helena apricots is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single dried-fruit product line, but recent state and local procurement activity under the code shows little alignment with this narrow specification. The most recent opportunities tagged to this code span fresh produce, eggs, proteins, grains, and comprehensive grocery supply for school nutrition programs and correctional facilities — only one of the thirteen recent solicitations (Santa Clara County's ITB-PRC-FY260617 for dried fruits and nuts to support the Sheriff's Department correctional facility) touches dried fruit at all, and that opportunity requests dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix rather than helena apricots specifically. School districts and county education agencies dominate the issuing-body mix, including Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia); state procurements appear in Georgia's food supplies solicitation and Texas corrections' food procurement; and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department represents local public safety. The code shows no meaningful recent activity aligned to dried organic helena apricots as a standalone commodity.

Geographic concentration centers on Georgia (four school district IFBs and RFPs posted between February and June 2026) and the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, Missouri, Connecticut), with additional activity in Texas corrections and California county services. Most recent opportunities are school-nutrition focused IFBs and RFPs with response deadlines between late February and late June 2026, typically structured as annual fixed-price contracts running July 1 through June 30 with options to renew. Buy American and domestic-content requirements appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations, with sealed-bid competitions evaluated on lowest responsive, responsible pricing and compliance with USDA nutritional standards and food-safety certifications (HACCP, E-Verify, debarment verification). The single dried-fruit opportunity (Santa Clara County's ITB requesting 5,880 cases of dried raisins annually, 1,000 cases of dried cranberries, and 3,000 cases of tropical fruit mix with a five-year firm-fixed-price contract term and a local business preference) does not reference helena apricots. The code appears to be a misclassification in the state and local procurement data; vendors pursuing dried-fruit supply to corrections or school nutrition should monitor broader dried-fruits-and-nuts or commodity-grocery codes rather than relying on this UNSPSC number.