UNSPSC 50301533: Golden delicious apples

The variety of apples known as golden delicious apples

UNSPSC 50301533 Golden delicious apples, a Commodity code, represents a narrow slice of the fresh produce procurement activity that dominates state and local school nutrition, child care, and senior services budgets. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying golden delicious apples as part of much larger fresh produce contracts — the code rarely appears as a standalone line item, but rather as one variety within comprehensive produce bids that span apples, bananas, citrus, berries, root vegetables, and leafy greens. School districts, independent school systems, and child nutrition programs issue the preponderance of solicitations under this commodity tier and its parent Family and Class codes. Issuing bodies include urban school districts (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa), county school boards (Glynn County Board of Education in Georgia, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, DeSoto County School District in Mississippi), municipal school systems (Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut), specialized nutrition programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas, the City of Edinburg CACFP program, Madison Metropolitan School District), and cooperative purchasing consortiums (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia school districts). Child care programs and senior services occasionally solicit produce, but school nutrition represents 90 percent of recent activity.

The geographic spread skews heavily toward the South — Georgia (Glynn, Bulloch, Henry, Bryan, Liberty, Dougherty, Hancock, Early, and Bartow Counties plus multiple independent districts) accounts for roughly half of recent solicitations, with additional activity in Texas (Austin, McAllen, San Antonio, Edinburg), Florida (Hillsborough County), Mississippi (DeSoto), Connecticut (Meriden), and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon's Central Point School District). Recent representative opportunities include the Meriden Public Schools RFP 026-41 for commercial groceries and fresh produce (due February 25, 2026, with an anticipated contract value of $3.1 million), the GEC Buying Cooperative SN 26-004 RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia districts (due March 4, 2026, with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across two geographic areas), the Austin ISD RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages (due March 11, 2026), and the Glynn County Board of Education IFB 27-02 for fresh produce across 16 school sites (due April 14, 2026). Most are structured as either fixed-unit-price bids or cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements with firm pricing for 12 months; delivery is typically weekly to Monday–Friday morning windows; Buy American provisions and HACCP compliance are standard requirements; and awards frequently go to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis. Golden delicious varieties compete within these broader produce specifications against Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, and Honeycrisp apples, with case quantities ranging from dozens to thousands annually depending on district size and student enrollment.