UNSPSC 50337021: Dried organic medlars

The type of organic fruit known as organic medlars that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50337021 Dried organic medlars, a Commodity code, describes specialty dried fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and other institutional food services. Recent solicitations show that state and local buyers use this code to classify dried fruit procurement alongside broader fresh produce, grocery, and food-supply contracts rather than as a standalone commodity line. The actual buying pattern reflects institutional food service operations — school districts, state departments, county corrections facilities, and municipal nutrition centers — purchasing dried fruits as part of mixed produce and grocery portfolios where they complement fresh items and processed foods in meal planning and inventory management.

School districts dominate recent solicitation activity under and near this code across Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, Texas, and California. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia have all posted fresh produce and grocery IFBs and RFPs with dried fruit items embedded in larger line-item lists; the Douglas County School System in Georgia issued an RFP for broad food supply and distribution services covering approximately $9 million in annual expenditure across 32 schools. Outside education, the County of Santa Clara, California solicited dried fruits and nuts (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026) for its correctional facility food services on a five-year contract with firm pricing in Year 1 and optional annual escalation in Years 2–5, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a bid for whole, pitted dried prunes (IW236532, due February 20, 2026) in 1,400-box minimum order quantities. Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in California, Missouri, Connecticut, and Virginia. Buy American requirements, HACCP certification, USDA compliance, and firm fixed pricing for full contract periods are standard across all recent opportunities; most school districts reserve the right to award to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis and require electronic bid submission through platforms such as Bonfire, OpenGov, or NUTRIKIDS.