UNSPSC 50331631: Dried organic lorna apricots

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

UNSPSC 50331631 Dried organic lorna apricots is a Commodity code that frames the purchase of specialty dried fruit products for institutional food service, though recent state and local opportunities do not show any solicitations specifically for dried lorna apricots. Instead, school nutrition programs, county detention facilities, and state institutions are actively procuring a broader range of dried fruit and dried fruit products as components of larger food supply contracts. The Commodity code sits within a larger ecosystem of school nutrition procurement where dried fruit appears as a line item within master grocery or produce solicitations, alongside fresh and frozen produce, proteins, grains, dairy, and prepared foods. School districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia) dominate the recent activity, with state agencies (State of Georgia, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division) and county correctional facilities (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department of Correction) also active. These issuing bodies solicit on a recurring annual or multi-year cycle to support school nutrition programs, inmate feeding operations, and agency cafeteria services.

Recent opportunities show dried fruit as either a discrete category within broader food supply buys or as a standalone procurement. The County of Santa Clara issued an Invitation to Bids (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617) in January 2026 for dried raisins (5,880 cases annually), dried cranberries (1,000 cases annually), dried tropical fruit mix blend (3,000 cases annually), and nuts to the Elmwood Correctional Facility with bids due February 5, 2026. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a separate Bid No. IW236532 for whole, pitted, dried prunes (Grade B, 60-70 count size, 1,400 boxes minimum for the Corpus location) with an original due date of February 20, 2026. Broader school nutrition solicitations from Hancock County Schools (Georgia, IFB due June 26, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia, IFB due April 27, 2026), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri, bids due April 29, 2026), and Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia, IFB due April 29, 2026) all incorporate dried fruit as commodity line items within larger master grocery or food product contracts spanning hundreds of items. Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic content in processed products are standard across school district solicitations, and all contracts enforce firm fixed pricing for the contract term with no fuel surcharges permitted. Activity is concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Missouri, and California, with school year cycles driving annual rebids typically due in March through April and again in June as fiscal years reset on July 1.