UNSPSC 50335821: Dried organic damson plum

The variety of organic plums known as organic damson plum that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50335821 Dried organic damson plum is a Commodity code that does not reflect the scope of work state and local governments are actually procuring. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting dried organic damson plums; instead, state and local education and corrections agencies are soliciting fresh produce, eggs, and broad-line food supply contracts that may include dried fruits as component items within larger commodity baskets. The single dried-fruit-specific solicitation—the County of Santa Clara's January 2026 dried fruits and nuts procurement for its correctional facility—names dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix as distinct line items, with no mention of dried damson plums. School districts from Hancock County, Georgia, to Fairfax County, Virginia, and Rockwood R-VI in Missouri are sourcing fresh produce, fresh apples, berries, and specialty items in volumes reaching thousands of cases annually, but dried damson plums do not appear as named commodities in any posted bid. The code shows a fundamental mismatch between its nominal scope and the work state and local procurement offices are actually buying under it.

Issuing bodies soliciting food products include school districts across Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, Virginia, and California; a state department of criminal justice in Texas; a county correctional facility in California; and a state education agency in Georgia. School nutrition programs dominate the activity, with Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System all posting multi-million-dollar annual food supply contracts. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and County of Santa Clara's correctional facility also procure food products. These agencies are seeking suppliers through IFB, RFP, and ITB notice types, with response windows typically four to six weeks. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed products appear across school-district solicitations. Given the mismatch between the code's specific commodity scope and the actual procurement activity—which emphasizes fresh and frozen produce, proteins, dairy, and prepared foods rather than dried damson plums—this code does not represent active opportunity for vendors specialized in the named product.