UNSPSC 50301560: Ozark gold apples

The variety of apples known as ozark gold apples

UNSPSC 50301560 Ozark gold apples is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy fresh apples under this code to support school meal programs, child nutrition initiatives, and senior services; recent solicitations show districts procuring single varieties alongside mixed produce portfolios for breakfast, lunch, and snack distributions. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs across public school districts, alongside occasional municipal and Head Start child care agencies. Apples appear as line items in comprehensive produce bids where they represent a staple fruit category—typically among the highest-volume items, with estimated annual purchases ranging from 750 to 21,000+ cases depending on district size and program scope.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with recent opportunities from Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), and Central Point School District (Oregon). The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued RFP 2026-017 on July 16, 2026 for CACFP meal program supplies due August 4, 2026, with apples and other produce among five supply categories serving approximately 400 children daily. Madison Metropolitan School District posted separate bids for petite bananas (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026), both illustrating disaggregated produce procurement where specific fruit varieties compete on quality, delivery, and pricing terms. Multiple Georgia school districts—Hancock County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, and others—issued produce bids in March through June 2026, typically structured as IFBs or RFPs with contract terms July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The GEC Buying Cooperative, a consortium of 40 Georgia school nutrition directors, solicited fresh produce and eggs (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) covering approximately 70 produce line items with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across two geographic areas. Evaluation commonly weights cost at 30–50 percent, product quality and availability at 15–30 percent, and delivery reliability at 10–20 percent; Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content (typically 51 percent for processed items) appear in most solicitations. Insurance requirements (usually $500,000 to $2 million general liability) and HACCP plan compliance are standard. Contract values for comprehensive produce procurements span from $78,000 annually (Madison petite bananas) to $3.1 million (Meriden Public Schools commercial groceries, beverages, and produce combined), with school districts typically awarding to single or multiple vendors on a line-item or geographic-area basis.