UNSPSC 50382032: Lulu belle apricot purees

The variety of apricots known as lulu belle apricots which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50382032 Lulu belle apricot purees is a Commodity code that sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The code's abstract name bears little relation to the recent opportunities tagged under it—state and local governments are actually buying canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, fresh produce, eggs, and broad-spectrum food and consumable products for correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and institutional food service. The actual buying pattern under this code spans fresh and processed fruit products, vegetables, eggs, and ancillary food service supplies delivered to schools, prisons, hospitals, and state facilities across multiple regions.

State departments of corrections and health and human services, county and city school districts, and independent school districts dominate procurement activity. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple canned fruit solicitations; Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice issue food supply contracts covering dozens of facilities statewide; and school districts in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, and Virginia regularly solicit fresh produce, frozen and canned fruit products, and grocery items for child nutrition services. Recent opportunities cluster in the South and Southwest—Georgia (Savannah-Chatham, Liberty, Muscogee, Douglas, Hancock County school systems), Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, Dallas ISD, Austin ISD), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI)—with activity also in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Corrections), Mid-Atlantic (Connecticut, Fairfax County Virginia), and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections has issued two separate canned applesauce ITBs (S2910000016975 due March 6, 2026, and S2910000017453 due July 31, 2026), with historical award prices around $21.80 to $21.84 per case and volumes spanning 1,904 to 4,760 cases per contract. Texas HHSC has posted multiple statewide supplemental food and consumables procurements (HHS0016792 and HHS0017449) covering 210+ line items of fresh, frozen, and processed fruits with estimated values approaching $1.5 to $4.5 million. School districts including Dallas ISD, Austin ISD, Fairfax County Public Schools, and Rockwood R-VI School District solicit fresh produce, dried fruit products, and comprehensive grocery items through RFPs and IFBs, with response windows typically 30 to 60 days and contract periods running July 1 through June 30 of the following year. Buy American and domestic-content preferences appear frequently in school nutrition procurement; Oregon applies a combined 10 percent preference for goods fabricated or processed in Oregon and Oregon-headquartered bidders, while school districts in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas enforce minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content for processed products under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.