UNSPSC 50301500: Apples

The fleshy usually rounded and red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a tree (genus malus) of the rose family

UNSPSC 50301500 Apples, a Class code, encompasses fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs, child care food service operations, and institutional food service across state and local jurisdictions. State and local governments buy apples and related fresh produce as components of broader fruit and vegetable supply contracts supporting federally funded child nutrition programs (CACFP, NSLP, FFVP) and school breakfast and lunch service. Recent solicitations show the code activity centers on school districts procuring mixed fresh produce line items that include apples in multiple varieties (Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Ambrosia), with estimated annual volumes ranging from under 1,000 cases for specialized sourcing to over 21,000 cases in large district procurements.

Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and school nutrition programs across multiple states, with representation from independent school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin; Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida; Austin ISD, Texas), county school systems (Muscogee County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Liberty County, Early County in Georgia; DeSoto County, Mississippi; Hancock County, Georgia), municipal school systems (Meriden Public Schools, Connecticut; Savannah-Chatham County, Florida), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts). School districts dominate the issuing landscape, with secondary activity from child care nutrition programs and special-purpose food service operations. Representative recent solicitations include Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties, sealed bids due June 26, 2026; Bulloch County School District's local-produce RFP for farm-to-school programming, proposals due May 4, 2026; and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP serving 30 Georgia districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million for mixed fresh produce and eggs, proposals due March 4, 2026. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Muscogee, Dougherty, Glynn, Bryan, Bulloch, Henry, Liberty, Early, Hancock, and Bartow County systems; Savannah-Chatham) with secondary concentrations in Texas (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Edinburg), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), Florida (Hillsborough, Meriden), Connecticut, and other states including Utah, Oregon, Mississippi, and California. Apples appear as line items in nearly all school produce solicitations; standalone apple procurements are less common than mixed-produce RFPs and IFBs where apples are specified by variety and estimated case quantity within broader fruit-and-vegetable catalogs.