UNSPSC 50331653: Dried organic valley gold apricots

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

UNSPSC 50331653 Dried organic valley gold apricots is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy dried apricots and similar dried fruit products under this code primarily to support school nutrition programs, correctional facility food services, and other institutional feeding operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and county corrections departments procuring dried fruits as components of meal programs — purchasing them alongside fresh produce, proteins, grains, and other staple foods in multi-item, annual-term contracts. The code sits within a broader institutional food procurement ecosystem where dried fruits typically appear as line items within larger grocery or produce bids rather than as standalone contracts, though Santa Clara County's January 2026 solicitation specifically itemized dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix as part of a dedicated dried fruits and nuts procurement for its correctional facility.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts of varying sizes (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI and Douglas County School System in Missouri and Georgia respectively, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia, and Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia) and county corrections departments (Santa Clara County, California). School district nutrition programs dominate the recent activity. Most opportunities post in late winter and early spring for July 2026 through June 2027 contract periods, with response deadlines concentrated between late February and late June 2026. Geographic activity clusters in Georgia, with secondary presence in California, Virginia, Missouri, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026, spanning 200 line items including produce but not specifically dried apricots), Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 term contract (due April 27, 2026, with 76-item minimum bid requirement), and Santa Clara County's ITB for dried fruits and nuts (due February 5, 2026, requesting dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix on a five-year contract term). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations.