UNSPSC 50301538: Greensleeves apples

The variety of apples known as greensleeves apples

UNSPSC 50301538 Greensleeves apples, a Commodity code, primarily serves institutional food service operations—correctional facilities, mental-health centers, school districts, senior services, and child-care programs—that procure fresh produce through state and local channels. The work solicited under this code encompasses procurement of fresh apples (often as part of broader fresh-produce contracts) for meal preparation and distribution to inmates, patients, students, seniors, and children in care settings. While the code name specifies a single apple variety, state and local solicitations typically bundle apples with mixed fresh produce, with apples appearing as line items within comprehensive fruit-and-vegetable supply contracts rather than standalone commodity buys; recent activity shows apples routinely solicited alongside bananas, berries, citrus, and root vegetables as part of institutional nutrition programs subject to USDA compliance, food-safety regulations, and delivery-frequency requirements tied to meal-service calendars.

Recent opportunities reveal issuing bodies concentrated in state departments of corrections and education, county school nutrition programs, and city and county food-service departments across the South and Midwest. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple fresh-fruit-and-vegetable solicitations (IW267376 to Palestine, IW267420 to Snyder Food Warehouse, IW267411 to Wynne Food Warehouse in Huntsville, all with October 2026 response dates), while school districts in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County, Hancock County), Illinois (Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center, August 2026), Mississippi (DeSoto County), and Connecticut (Bridgeport) have issued bids for fresh produce incorporating apples as standard line items. Nontraditional institutional buyers include Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP, $969,460.94 estimated value for frozen and fresh produce), the City of San Antonio's Senior Services Division (RFP 26-070 for produce-market operations at 15 senior centers), and the City of Edinburg for a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service (RFP 2026-017, responses due August 4, 2026). Geographic concentration runs strongest through Georgia school districts (Bartow, Dougherty, Bryan, Early, Hancock counties) and Texas (TDCJ, Edinburg), with secondary activity in Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Florida (Collier County ITN for North Collier Regional Park food services). Representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 weekly servings, produce sourced within 400 miles of Madison and within Wisconsin, due July 29, 2026), DeSoto County Schools produce distribution (bi-weekly delivery to 41 sites, 97% service-level requirement, cost-plus-fee pricing, due June 22, 2026), and Hancock County Board of Education IFB SN002-2027 for fresh produce across 200+ line items (apples in five varieties, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, citrus, melons, specialty fruits, due June 26, 2026).