UNSPSC 50301501: Akane apples

The variety of apples known as akane apples

UNSPSC 50301501 Akane apples, a Commodity code, spans fresh fruit procurement by state and local governments for institutional food service, primarily school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, and child care operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing fresh produce including apples, bananas, berries, root vegetables, and leafy greens—often as part of broader fresh produce or grocery contracts—rather than single-variety apple specifications alone. The mix of issuing bodies reflects the breadth of institutional foodservice: state departments of corrections (Texas, Illinois), county school districts (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County in Georgia; Madison Metropolitan in Wisconsin; DeSoto County in Mississippi), city school boards (Bridgeport, Connecticut; Edinburg, Texas), county governments (Collier County, Florida), mental health facilities (Illinois Department of Mental Health), Head Start agencies, and senior services programs (San Antonio, Texas). School districts dominate the recent activity, with procurement driven by federal meal programs including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

The geographic footprint spans Texas, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Illinois, Mississippi, and Connecticut, with the densest recent activity in Georgia school districts and Texas state agencies. Representative solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice seeking fresh fruits and vegetables for food warehouses serving prison facilities (IW267376 Palestine warehouse, IW267411 Wynne warehouse, IW267420 Snyder warehouse, all with October 2026 response dates), Madison Metropolitan School District requesting petite bananas at $78,000 annual value and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under USDA program funding (RFB 4162, RFB 4163, both July 2026), Hancock County Board of Education issuing bids on 200+ produce line items for July 2026 through June 2027 school year delivery, and DeSoto County School District conducting a cost-plus-fee produce procurement across 41 school sites with 97% service-level guarantees (bid due June 22, 2026). Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content appear consistently in school nutrition solicitations. Cooperative purchasing vehicles and local-vendor preferences appear in several awards (Collier County ITN included 10-point local preference; Bartow County requested 400-mile sourcing radius; Madison Metropolitan offered 5% preference for Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program vendors). Pre-bid conferences and site visits occur regularly; most school districts specify F.O.B. Destination pricing with no separate fuel surcharges and require HACCP plans, insurance of $500,000 to $1 million general liability, and E-Verify verification.