UNSPSC 50335104: Dried organic mountain papayas

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

UNSPSC 50335104 Dried organic mountain papayas is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single dried fruit product, yet the recent state and local solicitations using this code reveal a substantial mismatch between the code's narrowly defined scope and the actual procurement activity it tags. The code appears in school nutrition contracts and correctional facility food service bids that span dozens or hundreds of line items encompassing fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, prepared foods, and miscellaneous dried fruits — not papayas specifically. For example, Hancock County Schools' fresh produce IFB (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26) includes papayas as one item among over 200 line items; Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools' fresh produce bid (posted March 22, 2026, due April 23) covers 72 fresh produce items; and Santa Clara County's dried fruits and nuts ITB (posted January 28, 2026, due February 5) procures raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans on an all-or-none basis for correctional facility food services. State and local issuing bodies using this code are predominantly school districts and county governments; the Hancock County Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System appear across multiple solicitations, alongside correctional authorities (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department of Correction) and municipal departments (City of Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition, State of Georgia).

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County), Virginia (Fairfax County), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI) representing the heaviest recent solicitation volume; Texas (TDCJ statewide), Connecticut (Bridgeport), and California (Santa Clara County) round out the geographic spread. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce with over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, melons, citrus, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes, specialty items including papayas and starfruit, and kiwis, with sealed bids due June 26, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. and delivery to three school locations from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (posted April 6, 2026, due April 27) requiring minimum 76-item responsiveness from 89 items across two delivery sections to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with weekly delivery July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; and Santa Clara County's dried fruits and nuts ITB (posted January 28, 2026, due February 5) for five line items on an all-or-none basis (raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, pecans) for correctional facility food services under a five-year contract with firm pricing Year 1 and capped annual increases Years 2–5. The code shows no relevant recent activity specifically for dried papayas as a standalone procurement.