UNSPSC 50331645: Dried organic royal apricots

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

UNSPSC 50331645 Dried organic royal apricots, a Commodity code, reflects state and local procurement of dried fruit products for institutional food service, particularly school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show school districts and state agencies purchasing dried fruit as part of broader fresh and processed produce contracts, though the available opportunities do not isolate dried apricots as a distinct line item. Instead, dried fruit appears embedded within larger commodity procurements that span fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and pantry staples supplied to cafeteria operations across multiple delivery sites. The issuing bodies pursuing this code are school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut) and state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia), with school nutrition programs representing the primary demand driver. All recent solicitations impose Buy American requirements mandating a minimum of 51 percent domestic content for processed products, and most require HACCP plans, USDA compliance verification, and proof of applicable certifications from vendors.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with a June 26, 2026 response deadline, seeking fresh produce for the 2026–27 school year across over 200 line items delivered to three school locations; the solicitation emphasizes specialty and imported items (kiwis, mangos, papayas, starfruit) alongside domestic staples. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB053266 on June 2, 2026, with a June 26, 2026 deadline, requesting 115 line items of commodities including fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with MBE/CBE preferences under City Ordinance 3.12.130. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, procuring through the Statewide Procurement Division, posted IFB 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026 (with response deadline extended to May 4, 2026) for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across multiple warehouse locations, with delivery to six distribution points across Texas. A separate TDCJ bid (IW236532, posted April 23, 2026) specifically targeted whole pitted dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality at a minimum order of 1,400 boxes for the Corpus location, though this opportunity closed February 20, 2026. School nutrition contracts typically run one fiscal year with optional renewals, while criminal justice food service procurements extend two to three years with renewal options.