UNSPSC 50382005: Blenheim apricot purees

The variety of apricots known as blenheim apricots which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50382005 Blenheim apricot purees is a Commodity code that in practice covers shelf-stable and canned fruit products—applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, and fresh produce—procured by state departments, county school boards, municipalities, and correctional and health and human services agencies for institutional food service. State and local buyers use this code to purchase ingredients and prepared items for cafeteria operations, senior centers, state-supported living centers, veterans' homes, correctional facilities, and nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show a mix of fresh produce line-item bids (over 200 individual produce items per school-district solicitation), canned commodity items (applesauce by the truckload), dried and processed fruit bars, and broad food-supply contracts bundling dozens of line items across categories. Issuing bodies include county school boards (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Austin Independent School District in Texas), state corrections and health agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), municipalities (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), county social-services departments (Gwinnett County in Georgia), and state veterans' facilities (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy). The State of Illinois appears as a repeat buyer, issuing multiple quarterly food-order solicitations for the same facility.

Geographic activity spans the South and West, with recent procurement concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 ITB for approximately 1,904 cases of canned applesauce (closed June 2, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's May 2026 IFB for 210 line items of supplemental food and consumables across state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (closed March 19, 2026; estimated contract value up to $4.5 million over three years), and the Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce for the 2026–27 school year, with delivery to three school locations (closed June 26, 2026). School nutrition and corrections procurement dominate; contracts typically specify firm fixed pricing, FOB destination delivery, compliance with USDA commodity standards and Buy American provisions, and award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or best value.