UNSPSC 50332521: Dried organic sonata cherries

The variety of organic cherries known as organic sonata cherries that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50332521 Dried organic sonata cherries is a Commodity code that captures specialty dried fruit procurement by state and local school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and state food service operations. State and local governments soliciting under this code are buying specific dried fruit products — primarily whole, pitted dried prunes and other specialty dried fruits — as component ingredients or standalone items for institutional food service operations serving students, incarcerated populations, and other state-managed facilities. The issuing bodies are school districts (including large county school systems), state corrections agencies, and state procurement divisions acting on behalf of multiple end-use agencies. School nutrition programs dominate recent activity, with both individual school district IFBs and state-level cooperative solicitations that bundle dried fruits alongside broader fresh produce and commodity food categories.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Southeast and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce on June 26, 2026, spanning over 200 line items with delivery to three school sites; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut issued a commodities bid due June 26, 2026, covering 115 product lines for the Board of Education Nutrition Center; the State of Georgia posted a broader food, supplies, and other kitchen products IFB due June 22, 2026; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued separate IFBs including Bid No. IW236532 for whole, pitted, dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality (60–70 count size, 25-pound boxes, minimum 1,400 boxes) with a revised due date of February 20, 2026. All school nutrition solicitations require Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), HACCP plans, E-Verify authorization, and delivery to designated sites on firm fixed pricing with transportation included. Corrections and state food service operations issue separate, narrower line-item bids for specific dried fruit SKUs rather than bundled produce RFPs.