UNSPSC 50301532: Gold supreme apples

The variety of apples known as gold supreme apples

UNSPSC 50301532 Gold supreme apples, a Commodity code, encompasses the supply and delivery of fresh produce — particularly apples and other fruit and vegetables — to state and local institutional food-service operations, chiefly correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, senior centers, and child nutrition programs. Recent solicitations reveal that state and local buyers are procuring individual produce line items (apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, tomatoes, berries, broccoli) in bulk case quantities for recurring institutional meal service, with delivery occurring weekly or bi-weekly to central warehouses or distributed school sites. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and municipal school districts, county boards of education, cities operating senior services and parks recreation, and child nutrition organizations. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears as a repeat buyer, issuing multiple RFQs for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to different food warehouses; Illinois Department of Corrections and Illinois Department of Mental Health are also active on the code. School districts across Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Texas dominate recent activity.

Recent representative solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice seeking fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to its Palestine facility (IFB IW267376, due October 19, 2026) and Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (IFQs IW267420 and IW267411, due October 14, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections requesting bi-weekly fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center with a small business set-aside and prevailing-wage requirements (RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District bidding petite bananas at an estimated annual value of $78,000 (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026); and multiple Georgia school districts—Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bartow County, and DeSoto County—posting sealed-bid procurements for fresh produce spanning 40 to 200+ line items for the 2026-2027 school year. Geographic concentration centers on the South (Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida), the Midwest (Illinois, Wisconsin), and the Northeast (Connecticut), with school nutrition programs and correctional/mental health facilities representing the largest procurement volume. Buy American provisions, prevailing-wage compliance, and local-vendor preferences appear frequently in school and state-agency solicitations.