UNSPSC 50301506: Bramley apples

The variety of apples known as bramley apples

UNSPSC 50301506 Bramley apples (Commodity) represents a narrow slice of the produce supply market, yet state and local governments procure fresh produce across institutional foodservice operations—school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, mental health centers, senior services, and child care programs—often bundling single-item lines like bramley apples into broader fresh fruit and vegetable contracts. The code captures the transactional unit for a specific apple variety, but the actual buying activity state and local agencies conduct is systematic, high-volume procurement of mixed fresh produce delivered on fixed schedules to multiple sites, with quality specifications, temperature requirements, and traceability documentation. School districts dominate the issuing mix, joined by state departments of corrections and mental health, county and municipal procurement offices, and nonprofit child care networks. Buying bodies typically issue bids and RFPs on annual cycles aligned with fiscal or school years, require domestic-sourcing compliance under Buy American provisions, mandate HACCP plans and food-safety certifications, and apply local-vendor preferences or geographic caps (typically 400-mile sourcing limits) when regional supply chains are available.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations for food warehouse distribution (IW267376 for Palestine facility and IW267411, IW267420 for Snyder and Wynne warehouses, all due October 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin issued RFB 4162 for petite bananas and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (both due July 2026), each highlighting narrow product specifications, weekly delivery schedules to central production facilities, HACCP compliance, and preference scoring for diverse-owned vendors and local sourcing. Georgia school districts—Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, and Early County—collectively represent sustained demand for fresh produce under school nutrition programs, with contracts running July through June on annual cycles. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut's Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center round out the geographic spread. Illinois Department of Corrections at Joliet Treatment Center sought fresh produce on a small-business set-aside with bi-weekly delivery terms and prevailing wage compliance in August 2026. Head Start of Greater Dallas and the City of Edinburg, Texas, each conduct CACFP-funded foodservice procurements spanning beverages, produce, proteins, paper goods, and janitorial supplies to child care and meal-program populations.