UNSPSC 50332902: Dried organic barhi or barhee dates

The variety of organic dates known as organic barhi or barhee dates that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50332902 Dried organic barhi or barhee dates is a Commodity code that captures dried fruit products state and local governments procure for school nutrition and institutional food services. Recent solicitations reveal that school districts and state agencies are acquiring dried dates alongside broader fresh and processed produce inventories for student meal programs and correctional facility feeding operations, though standalone dried-date procurement appears limited compared to the wider range of fresh produce and commodity foods these jurisdictions routinely source.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Hancock County Schools (Georgia) posting a comprehensive fresh produce IFB in June 2026 that encompassed over 200 line items spanning multiple fruit and vegetable categories, and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition Center (Connecticut) soliciting 115 commodity food line items including fruit products in the same timeframe. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the State of Georgia also appear as institutional buyers procuring food supplies. Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast and Southwest—Georgia, Texas, and Connecticut—with responses due June 2026. A representative opportunity is Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce SY27 (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026), which specified delivery to three school locations for the 2026–27 contract year and required 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content under Buy American provisions; the City of Bridgeport's COMMODITIES solicitation (BNB053266, due June 26, 2026) similarly emphasized domestic sourcing and MBE/CBE eligibility. The Texas TDCJ's Prunes—Corpus Location solicitation (Bid No. IW236532, due February 20, 2026) shows dried-fruit procurement for correctional institutions, requesting U.S. Grade B whole pitted prunes in 60–70 count size with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes. The code shows modest recent activity; dried organic dates represent a niche line item within broader institutional produce and commodity food buying rather than a high-volume procurement category.