UNSPSC 50301531: Gloster apples

The variety of apples known as gloster apples

UNSPSC 50301531 Gloster apples is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of fresh apples for institutional food service, though the recent opportunities show the code is being applied broadly to multi-item fresh produce and grocery solicitations serving school nutrition, child care, and senior services programs. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and educational consortia—Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Madison Metropolitan School District, Glynn County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Bulloch County School District, and others across the South and Midwest—alongside some city and county procurement offices and child care operators like Head Start of Greater Dallas and the Boys & Girls Club. The work being solicited ranges from single-commodity buys (Madison Metropolitan's petite bananas RFB, estimated $78,000 annual value) to comprehensive multi-item produce contracts serving 40+ school sites with estimated annual volumes exceeding 21,000 cases of Fuji apples alone (Savannah-Chatham County). Evaluation criteria consistently weight cost heavily (30–50 points) alongside product quality, delivery reliability, and food safety compliance including HACCP plans and recall procedures.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia—Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, and the state-level GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts—with secondary activity in Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Edinburg), Florida (Hillsborough County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), and a few scattered northern and western districts. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Edinburg CACFP meal program RFP (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) seeking beverages, produce, and nonfood items for 400 children daily under Texas local-vendor preference; Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) specifying 200+ line items including multiple apple varieties with July 1, 2026 contract start; the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP (due March 4, 2026) covering 30 Georgia school districts in two geographic areas with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending split cost-plus-fixed-fee; and Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for produce to 24 school sites (bids due June 16, 2026) at approximately $3,100,000 estimated value. Buy American requirements (minimum 51% domestic agricultural content in processed products) and firm fixed pricing for initial contract periods appear standard. Districts are increasingly emphasizing local and regional sourcing within 200–400 miles where cost and quality align, and many reserve the right to award to multiple vendors on a line-item basis to optimize pricing by product category.