UNSPSC 50386329: Empress plum purees

The variety of plums known as empress plums which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50386329 Empress plum purees is a Commodity code that captures fresh, frozen, canned, and processed fruit products state and local governments purchase for food service operations across schools, correctional facilities, senior services, and state-supported living centers. Recent state and local solicitations under this code reflect a broader pattern: jurisdictions are procuring shelf-stable and refrigerated fruit items—applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, fresh produce including berries and specialty fruits, and canned fruit—as components of larger food-supply contracts rather than as standalone line items. The issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia), county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), independent school districts (Austin Independent School District in Texas), municipal procurement offices (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), and state-supported institutional food services. School districts and correctional departments appear as repeat buyers across the recent opportunity set.

The geographic spread spans the Pacific Northwest (Oregon), the South (Texas, Georgia, Florida), the Midwest (Illinois), and the Northeast (Connecticut), with particular concentration in Texas and Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' dual ITBs for canned applesauce (1,904 and 4,760 cases respectively, with response dates in June and July 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables across state hospitals and living centers (210 line items, bid due March 19, 2026, with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years), Austin Independent School District's RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (due July 16, 2026), Gwinnett County's IWQ for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items including jelly and canned fruits (due October 19, 2026), and the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's recurring brand-specific and brand-or-equal weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (multiple solicitations in June and August 2026). Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content and state preferences for local or in-state vendors and producers are standard across solicitations. Most contracts award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on firm fixed pricing with FOB Destination terms and delivery within 30–72 hours or as scheduled by the purchasing entity.