UNSPSC 50335102: Dried organic maradol papayas

The variety of organic papayas known as organic maradol papayas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50335102 Dried organic maradol papayas is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual procurement activity currently visible under this classification. Recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code overwhelmingly target fresh produce, bulk grocery items, and food service supply contracts for schools, correctional facilities, and county nutrition programs—not dried organic papayas specifically. The Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (posted June 2026, due June 26) lists papayas among over 200 produce line items but makes no distinction between fresh and dried, organic and conventional, or maradol and other varieties. Similarly, the City of Bridgeport's commodities procurement, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's cafeteria food products IFB, and the Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation all encompass broad fresh and processed food categories with no mention of dried organic maradol papayas as a discrete line item or focus. The mismatch suggests either that the code assignment is overly narrow relative to how state and local procurement offices actually categorize food supply opportunities, or that dried organic maradol papayas see minimal standalone procurement activity at the state and local level and are instead bundled into general produce or grocery aggregates. Issuing bodies in the recent opportunities span school nutrition programs (Hancock County Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, Rockwood R-VI School District), county and municipal entities (City of Bridgeport, County of Santa Clara), and state correctional and food service operations (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia).

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Virginia, Missouri, and California. The Douglas County School System in Georgia has posted two significant RFPs—one for fresh produce and eggs covering 30 school districts across two geographic areas with an estimated annual spend of $5.5 million combined (due March 4, 2026), and another for food supply and distribution services supporting 32 schools with approximately $9 million annual expenditure (due February 18, 2026). Fairfax County Public Schools issued a Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026) for delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products through the Statewide Procurement Division covering approximately 382 line items across five geographic distribution areas (extended due date May 4, 2026). The County of Santa Clara, California posted an Invitation to Bids for dried fruits and nuts supporting correctional food services (due February 5, 2026), one of the few solicitations touching dried fruit categories, though it emphasizes raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix rather than papayas. If pursuing this code, vendors should track general fresh and processed food supply contracts through school nutrition RFPs and state agency food service procurements, as those represent the actual buying activity currently tagged to it, while monitoring whether dried papaya opportunities emerge as line items within broader grocery aggregates rather than standalone commodities.