UNSPSC 50332900: Dried organic dates

The oblong edible fruit of a palm (phoenix dactylifera) that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50332900 Dried organic dates (Class code) describes commodity procurement for dried dates and related dried fruit products serving school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and other institutional food services. State and local governments soliciting under this code are acquiring dried fruits—raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, prunes, and dates—typically as components of larger food supply contracts for K-12 school districts, county school systems, state departments, and corrections agencies. The scope spans individual dried-fruit line items embedded in broader grocery or produce RFPs, as well as standalone dried-fruit and nuts procurements. Issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through high school systems), state departments of corrections, county school nutrition programs, and regional buying cooperatives serving multiple districts.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and across the South and Southwest. The Douglas County School System (Georgia) RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4) encompasses 72 line items across 30 school districts with estimated spending of $5.5 million combined. The County of Santa Clara (California) ITB for Dried Fruits and Nuts (posted January 28, 2026, due February 5) requested raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans on an all-or-none basis for the Elmwood Correctional Facility, with a five-year term and local business preference. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products (posted May 4, 2026, due May 4) encompassing approximately 382 line items across five geographic warehouse areas. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) IFB 2000004323 Master Grocery K-12 (posted April 6, 2026, due April 27) solicited food products for 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens with a July 1, 2026 start. The Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) child nutrition RFP (posted March 31, 2026, due April 29) covered over 900 grocery line items for approximately 6,900 daily lunch participants and 900 breakfast participants. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) IFB for fresh produce (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26) included over 200 line items across three school delivery sites. All contracts emphasize Buy American compliance, USDA grade standards, firm fixed pricing, and delivery to school nutrition facilities or institutional food-service warehouses.