UNSPSC 50335829: Dried organic empress plums

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

UNSPSC 50335829 Dried organic empress plums is a Commodity code that frames dried fruit products as a discrete line item within broader school nutrition and institutional food procurement. The recent opportunities show that state and local governments buy dried fruits—particularly prunes and specialty dried produce—as component ingredients within larger institutional food supply contracts rather than as standalone specialty items. School districts and state correctional facilities drive the bulk of recent activity, soliciting dried fruits as part of comprehensive cafeteria and nutrition center supply agreements that span proteins, vegetables, grains, and condiments on unified IFB or RFQ vehicles. The issuing bodies include county school boards (Hancock County Board of Education, Georgia), municipal school nutrition departments (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), state departments (State of Georgia), and state correctional systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations, and MBE/CBE certifications are applicable in some jurisdictions.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Texas. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issued an IFB on June 10, 2026, with a June 26 response deadline for fresh produce across over 200 line items spanning berries, vegetables, and specialty items for the 2026–27 school year. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut posted a commodities IFB on June 2, 2026, also due June 26, 2026, covering 115 line items for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with MBE/CBE applicability. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026 (extended from April 21), covering approximately 382 food line items across five Texas geographic areas with FOB Destination delivery to six TDCJ warehouse locations and a contract term through August 31, 2027 with two optional one-year renewals. The same TDCJ also issued a focused dried prunes bid (IW236532) with a February 20, 2026 opening, calling for 1,400 boxes of U.S. Grade B pitted dried prunes at Delivery Area 1 in 60–70 count size with USDA certification. Code activity remains modest and narrowly tied to institutional food service rather than retail or direct-to-consumer channels.