UNSPSC 50301569: Red astrachan apples

The variety of apples known as red astrachan apples

UNSPSC 50301569 Red astrachan apples is a Commodity code that spans procurement of fresh apple varieties—including red astrachan and other cultivars—for child nutrition programs, school meal services, and institutional food operations. State and local governments buy red astrachan apples and other fresh produce as components of comprehensive fresh produce contracts serving school districts, child care facilities, and senior nutrition programs under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding streams. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (elementary through high school) and county boards of education, with some activity from city-level child care programs and senior services divisions; Georgia school districts appear prominently as repeat buyers, along with Texas school districts and independent school districts in Florida and Connecticut. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (RFB, response due July 29, 2026) and multiple Georgia school districts' produce bids—Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce covering over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties (IFB, response due June 26, 2026), and Dougherty County Board of Education's fresh produce solicitation for 24 school nutrition sites (IFB, response due June 16, 2026)—alongside broader multi-item grocery procurements from Bulloch County Schools, Glynn County Schools, and the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts across two Georgia geographic areas.

Activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and Oregon, with secondary procurement across the wider Southeast and Midwest. The code's scope spans single-commodity procurements (e.g., petite bananas at $78,000 estimated annual value) to comprehensive multi-item produce portfolios (the GEC Buying Cooperative's dual-area fresh produce and eggs contract estimated at $5.5 million annually across 30 school districts). Delivery is typically weekly to school sites, child care centers, and senior facilities between early morning (5:00–6:30 a.m.) and early afternoon windows, with pricing firm for initial contract periods and subject to USDA market index escalation thereafter. Buy American requirements mandate domestic commodity sourcing to the maximum extent practicable, with most districts preferring local or regional sourcing when cost and quality align. Insurance thresholds range from $500,000 general liability for smaller procurements to $2 million aggregate coverage for larger statewide or multi-district contracts, and HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility are standard. No specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear in the recent solicitations reviewed, though some districts note encouragement of small, minority-owned, and women-owned business participation without hard reservations.