UNSPSC 50301544: Jester apples

The variety of apples known as jester apples

UNSPSC 50301544 Jester apples, a Commodity code, covers fresh apple varieties procured for state and local child nutrition, school food service, and senior nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying apples as part of broader fresh produce contracts for school meal programs, child care facility food service, and commodity-supported nutrition initiatives serving children and seniors, though Jester apples are not consistently named as a distinct line item across all opportunities—procurement offices typically specify apple varieties by name (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Red Delicious) within produce-category bids rather than isolating heirloom or specialty cultivars.

School districts across Georgia dominate recent activity, with sealed-bid and RFP solicitations from Hancock County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, and Liberty County Board of Education, among others, all posting fresh produce bids between March and July 2026 with response dates ranging from late April through late June. Child nutrition and early childhood care programs in Texas—the City of Edinburg's CACFP procurement (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) and Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026)—round out the issuing-body mix. Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin posted an RFB for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (both due July 29, 2026), while the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, and Austin Independent School District in Texas also conducted concurrent produce procurements. The GEC Buying Cooperative, a consortium of 40 Georgia school nutrition directors split into two geographic areas, solicited fresh produce and eggs (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) with combined estimated annual spending exceeding $5.5 million. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia school districts, followed by Texas school systems and child nutrition programs; secondary activity appears in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Oregon (Central Point School District), and scattered county-level school nutrition programs nationwide. Apples appear across most produce line-item specifications in estimated quantities ranging from 750 cases annually (Glynn County) to over 21,000 cases (Savannah-Chatham), but specific Jester cultivar demand is not documented in the available solicitations—procurement offices cluster all apple varieties under generic fresh apple line items and do not isolate heirloom varieties in their published bid documents.