UNSPSC 50301515: Cox's orange pippin apples

The variety of apples known as cox's orange pippin apples

UNSPSC 50301515 Cox's orange pippin apples, a Commodity code, describes fresh apples and related produce that state and local governments buy primarily for institutional food service — correctional facilities, mental health centers, school nutrition programs, senior services, and child care food programs. The code shows heavy institutional buying, with issuing bodies split between state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, and special-purpose food service entities like Head Start programs and health care coalitions. Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears repeatedly as a high-volume buyer of fresh produce for multiple warehouse distribution points serving prison facilities.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Florida, with school districts and state corrections departments leading by transaction count. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice seeking fresh fruit and vegetables for delivery to its Snyder Food Warehouse and Wynne Food Warehouse (IFB responses due October 14, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District requesting bids for petite bananas at an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 for school-year delivery (RFB 4162, bids due July 29, 2026); Dougherty County Board of Education requesting sealed bids for fresh produce across 24 school nutrition sites during fiscal year 2026–2027 (IFB due June 16, 2026); and the Illinois Department of Corrections seeking fresh produce for delivery to Joliet Treatment Center on a bi-weekly schedule with a small-business set-aside (RFQ due September 3, 2026). Institutional buyers typically impose strict quality, delivery-schedule, and documentation requirements — HACCP plans, temperature controls, traceability by farm of origin, Buy American compliance where applicable, and insurance minimums of $500,000 to $1,000,000 general liability. School districts frequently apply geographic-preference and local-sourcing filters, such as Madison's 400-mile Wisconsin sourcing requirement and Bartow County's local-farm sourcing mandate within 400 miles. Payment terms run NET 30 to NET 45 days, with prices held firm for the contract term and escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index benchmarks when permitted.