UNSPSC 50301560: Ozark gold apples

The variety of apples known as ozark gold apples

UNSPSC 50301560 Ozark gold apples, a Commodity code, covers fresh fruit procurement for institutional food service operations — principally the supply and delivery of fresh produce to correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, senior centers, mental health facilities, and child care operations. State and local agencies source fresh fruits and vegetables through this code to support meal programs serving incarcerated individuals, students, seniors, and vulnerable populations. Recent solicitations reveal a mix of single-item purchases (petite bananas, fresh apples in multiple varieties) and comprehensive produce packages bundled with other food service inputs. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county boards of education, city school districts, municipal senior services divisions, and Head Start operators. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh-produce solicitations across its food warehouse network; Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Early County, Bartow County) and Wisconsin school districts (Madison Metropolitan) dominate recent activity. Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health also conduct regular produce procurement. The geographic mix skews heavily toward the South and Midwest, with Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin showing the most recent volume.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetable solicitation IW267376 for Palestine, Texas (due October 19, 2026), a simple supply-and-delivery RFQ; Madison Metropolitan School District's fresh fruit and vegetable snacks bid RFB 4163 (due July 29, 2026), requiring produce sourced and delivered within 400 miles of Madison with ready-to-eat processing and traceability by farm; Bryan County School Nutrition's fresh produce sealed bid (due May 27, 2026), spanning 15+ produce line items with estimated annual usage quantities for school year 2026–2027; and Bartow County School System's local fresh fruit and vegetable RFP 10-2026-019 (due June 22, 2026), limiting sourcing to farms within 400 miles and emphasizing seasonal variety. Collier County's food services solicitation for North Collier Regional Park (ITN, due March 6, 2025) bundles fresh produce into a broader concession-operations contract. Buy American provisions (minimum 51% domestic agricultural content) appear in school-district bids; local-sourcing preferences (400-mile radius or in-state), geographic- or diversity-weighted scoring, and prevailing-wage compliance characterize recent school and correctional-facility procurement. Contract values range from under $5,000 (small purchase thresholds) to estimated annual values exceeding $78,000 (Madison Metropolitan petite bananas, $78,000 annually; Head Start of Greater Dallas estimated $969,460.94 for multi-category grocery procurement including produce).