UNSPSC 50335106: Dried organic tainung papayas

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

UNSPSC 50335106 Dried organic tainung papayas, a Commodity code, encompasses fresh and dried papaya supply to state and local educational and correctional food service operations. Recent state and local solicitations show that this code captures produce procurement primarily for school nutrition centers and institutional food service operations, though the specific "dried organic tainung" variant appears rarely in recent opportunities — most solicitations specify fresh papayas or dried fruits generically rather than this particular cultivar and organic designation. Issuing bodies include county school boards, municipal boards of education, state departments, and state correctional agencies. School districts dominate the visible activity, with nutrition centers procuring produce under RFP and IFB structures typically requiring compliance with Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed items), HACCP plans, E-Verify authorization, and nutritional documentation. Correctional departments source institutional food supplies including dried fruits on similar compliance frameworks.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and South, with recent opportunities from Hancock County Schools (Georgia), the City of Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), the State of Georgia, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Hancock County Schools issued IFB #SN002-2027 in June 2026 for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including papayas, with delivery to three school sites and a contract period running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; the City of Bridgeport similarly bid commodities for its Nutrition Center with a June 26, 2026 response date and term through June 30, 2027. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 for cafeteria food products across multiple facility locations with delivery areas statewide and a contract term extending through August 31, 2027 with optional renewals. A separate Texas TDCJ solicitation (Bid IW236532) targeted dried prunes specifically, suggesting that dried-fruit procurement occurs but with limited frequency and typically for named commodities rather than for organic or branded cultivars.