UNSPSC 50382011: Darby royal apricot purees

The variety of apricots known as darby royal apricots which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50382011 Darby royal apricot purees is a Commodity code that in practice captures canned and fresh fruit products purchased by state and local education and corrections agencies. Recent state and local opportunities solicited under this code span canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce including apples and specialty fruits, eggs, and broader grocery and food service supply contracts for institutional meal programs. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs and departments of corrections, with occasional participation from state health and human services facilities. School districts—including Austin ISD, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Hancock County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System—dominate recent activity, typically procuring produce and specialty items for child nutrition services on annual contracts. State agencies including the Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice also solicit regularly under related food commodity codes. A few city-level procurement offices, notably the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases on behalf of its Board of Education Nutrition Center, round out the buyer base.

Geographic spread of recent activity centers on Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and Connecticut, with secondary presence in Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 (posted Jul 10, 2026, due Jul 31, 2026) soliciting 4,760 cases of canned applesauce with a 10% combined preference for Oregon goods and bidders; Hancock County Board of Education IFB #SN002-2027 (posted Jun 10, 2026, due Jun 26, 2026) for over 200 line items of fresh produce across multiple apple varieties, berries, and vegetables with three delivery locations; and Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (posted Feb 4, 2026, due Mar 4, 2026) covering approximately 72 produce and egg line items for 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million in Area One and $1.1 million in Area Two. Pricing structures vary—some contracts use firm fixed per-unit pricing with no fuel surcharges, others employ USDA market index plus markup models, and larger institutional food supply contracts frequently bundle produce with broader commodity categories under cost-plus or fixed-price arrangements. Buy American provisions and domestic content requirements appear across school district solicitations, and most contracts require firms to hold $1 million or higher commercial general liability insurance and demonstrate multi-year experience in institutional food supply.