UNSPSC 50301537: Greening apples

The variety of apples known as greening apples

UNSPSC 50301537 Greening apples, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product category that state and local procurement offices tag to solicitations for fresh produce delivery to school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and senior services. Based on recent opportunities, greening apples appear as line items within broader fresh-produce and grocery procurements rather than as standalone contracts. School districts dominate the issuing bodies—Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), and Bryan County Schools (Georgia) have all solicited fresh produce including apple varieties in the past four months. Child care and senior programs also source under the code: the City of Edinburg, Texas issued an RFP for CACFP meal program supplies (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026), Head Start of Greater Dallas procured grocery products including produce (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026), and the City of San Antonio's Senior Services Division sought fresh produce distribution (RFP 26-070, due May 27, 2026). Counties and school districts in Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and Mississippi have posted produce bids in the past six months.

Georgia school districts represent the densest recent activity, with Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Glynn County, and Savannah-Chatham County all posting sealed-bid solicitations for fresh produce between March and June 2026. Greening apples appear alongside Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, and Jazz varieties in itemized produce specifications; the Hancock County IFB explicitly lists apple varieties with case size and unit counts, and Bryan County Schools estimated approximately 1,024 cases of apples annually. Delivery requirements are uniform across solicitations: weekly or bi-weekly shipments to multiple school sites between early morning hours (typically 5:30–7:00 a.m.) and mid-afternoon, with HACCP certification and Buy American compliance mandated. Pricing is typically fixed for the contract term or subject to escalation tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index data. Award timelines cluster around June through August 2026 for school year 2026–2027 contracts commencing July 1. The code shows substantial recent activity but only as a component within larger institutional food-service procurement; vendors pursuing greening apples alone will need to position them as part of a broader fresh-produce capability serving K–12 nutrition programs, CACFP, Head Start, and senior meal services across the Southeast and Southwest.