UNSPSC 50335606: Dried organic pernambuco pineapple

The variety of organic pineapples known as organic pernambuco pineapple that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50335606 Dried organic pernambuko pineapple, a Commodity code, covers dried fruit products purchased by state and local governments primarily for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and other public foodservice operations. Recent activity shows school districts and counties sourcing dried fruits alongside fresh produce, frozen entrees, and bulk food staples under consolidated food-supply contracts rather than dedicated dried-fruit procurements. The sourcing bodies include school nutrition programs across multiple districts, county boards of education, state departments managing institutional foodservice, and county correctional facilities. School districts dominate the buyer mix, with recent solicitations from Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia), alongside state-level procurement from Georgia and Texas on behalf of criminal justice and education agencies. The County of Santa Clara issued a dedicated dried-fruits-and-nuts solicitation (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026) for its correctional facility, specifying dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans under a five-year term contract, marking a rare standalone dried-fruit opportunity rather than bundled grocery procurement.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and adjacent southeastern states, with additional solicitations in Virginia, Missouri, Connecticut, Texas, and California. Recent opportunities reflect a pattern of consolidated annual food-supply contracts spanning July-June school years, with sealed-bid or RFP notice types and response dates clustered in March through June 2026. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content appear uniformly across school-nutrition solicitations; the Santa Clara ITB included a five percent local-business preference. Most school districts reserve the right to award to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis, and payment terms typically run Net 30 to 45 days. The Hancock County Schools IFB (due June 26, 2026) and Rockwood R-VI School District bid (due April 29, 2026) exemplify the current activity level, with 200-plus line items encompassing diverse produce, proteins, and specialty items delivered to multiple school locations under firm fixed-price contracts. Dried fruits appear as secondary items within these broader solicitations rather than as standalone procurement drivers, suggesting limited discrete demand and positioning dried-fruit suppliers as component vendors within larger foodservice relationships.