UNSPSC 50301529: Ginger gold apples

The variety of apples known as ginger gold apples

UNSPSC 50301529 Ginger gold apples is a Commodity code that spans fresh produce supply to institutional food-service operations — primarily prisons, schools, senior centers, and mental-health facilities — with state and local buyers sourcing apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, and other fresh fruits and vegetables for meal programs serving children, inmates, patients, and seniors. The issuing bodies are predominantly state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, county boards of education, and municipal or county senior services divisions, with repeat activity from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, and multiple Georgia school nutrition programs. Work under the code centers on weekly or bi-weekly fresh-produce delivery under competitive bid or proposal processes, typically bundled with broader food-service categories or stand-alone as produce-specific contracts. Quantities, quality standards (USDA grade, ripeness, temperature, packaging), delivery windows, and compliance with food-safety regulations (HACCP plans, food-recall procedures, prevailing-wage certification where applicable) are standard contract requirements. Evaluation commonly weights cost between 30 and 40 percent, with the remainder distributed among vendor qualifications, local-business preference or diversity certifications, menu variety, compliance capability, and past performance.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and Wisconsin, with Texas Department of Criminal Justice conducting three separate produce solicitations (IW267376, IW267420, IW267411) for delivery to correctional facilities in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville; Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health each issuing small-purchase contracts for Joliet Treatment Center (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026) and Madden Mental Health Center (27444DHSMENTHB53608, due August 14, 2026); and Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Early County, and Bartow County) conducting sealed-bid and RFP processes for fresh produce spanning July 2026 through June 2027. Non-school venues include the City of San Antonio's senior-center produce-market operation (RFP 26-070, due May 27, 2026), the Texas Department of Corrections' North Collier Regional Park food services (Collier County ITN, due March 6, 2025), and Head Start of Greater Dallas grocery procurement (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026). Set-asides and preferences appear sporadically — Collier County applies 10-point local-vendor preference; Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program vendors in Madison receive 5 percent preference; some Texas and Georgia solicitations require Buy American compliance; Illinois imposes small-business or minority-contractor designation. Contract terms typically run one year with renewal options, and insurance minimums range from $500,000 to $2 million general liability aggregate depending on issuing body and estimated contract value.