UNSPSC 50301504: Baldwin apples

The variety of apples known as baldwin apples

UNSPSC 50301504 Baldwin apples is a Commodity code that does not reflect recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains twenty-five recent school nutrition and institutional food service opportunities posted between January and July 2026, covering fresh produce procurement across school districts, Head Start programs, senior services, and correctional facilities; none of these solicitations specifically name Baldwin apples or any single apple variety as a standalone commodity to be procured, and the code shows no discrete market activity. Instead, state and local jurisdictions are buying fresh produce as part of comprehensive food service contracts where apples (in multiple varieties including Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Ambrosia, and others) appear as line items within larger produce specifications alongside bananas, berries, vegetables, and other items.

The issuing bodies conducting produce procurement are exclusively school nutrition programs (districts in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Connecticut, and Oregon), Head Start organizations, senior services agencies, and county correctional facilities—all sourcing produce through RFP, RFB, and ITB vehicles that bundle apples with dozens of other produce categories rather than single-commodity contracts. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Bryan County Schools, Bulloch County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, and the GEC Buying Cooperative spanning thirty districts) and Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Edinburg, Head Start of Greater Dallas), with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California. Representative opportunities include the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP (SN 26-004) covering fresh produce and eggs across eighteen and twelve Georgia districts respectively with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million and $1.1 million (proposals due March 4, 2026); Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Bid 26-34 for seventy-two fresh produce items with Fuji apples at 21,125 cases estimated annually (bids due April 23, 2026); and Bryan County Schools sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce including approximately 1,024 cases of apples (proposals due May 27, 2026). The code appears to be a taxonomy mismatch—vendors pursuing state and local work should track broad produce-family codes and School Nutrition Program specifications rather than pursue Baldwin apples as a discrete procurement category.