UNSPSC 50332901: Dried organic asharasi dates

The variety of organic dates known as organic asharasi dates that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50332901 Dried organic asharasi dates (Commodity) covers dried fruit products for institutional food service, though recent state and local solicitations show minimal activity specifically aligned with this code. School districts and state agencies soliciting under related fresh produce and food commodity codes are procuring broad arrays of fresh and processed food items for cafeteria service, but the recent opportunities do not isolate dried organic dates as a line item. The issuing bodies pursuing food commodity procurement span school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Bridgeport Board of Education), state agencies (State of Georgia, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Bridgeport). These entities typically consolidate food procurement through annual IFB cycles serving multiple school nutrition centers or institutional warehouses, with awards made to single or multiple vendors based on lowest responsive and responsible bid or best value criteria.

Recent state and local food commodity solicitations in Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, and nationwide show sustained demand for institutional food supply chains, though no posted opportunity in the most-recent block specifically names dried organic asharasi dates as a solicited item. The Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) and the City of Bridgeport's commodities bid (posted June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026) reflect typical school nutrition procurement, spanning over 200 line items of fresh produce and 115 commodity line items respectively, with Buy American provision enforcement (51 percent domestic content for processed products) and delivery to designated nutrition centers. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB for cafeteria food products (posted May 4, 2026, due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum to May 4, 2026) covered approximately 382 line items across proteins, grains, dairy, and condiments for six TDCJ warehouse distribution points. A separate TDCJ prunes bid (IFB IW236532, originally due February 20, 2026) solicited U.S. Grade B dried prunes in specified counts and packaging, representing one of few recent dried-fruit procurements identified in the source material.