UNSPSC 50301570: Red boscoop apples

The variety of apples known as red boscoop apples

UNSPSC 50301570 Red boscoop apples (Commodity) is a narrow produce line item. State and local governments source red boscoop apples almost exclusively through broader fresh-produce procurements—typically solicitations titled "fresh produce," "fresh fruits and vegetables," or bundled food and nonfood supply contracts. The Commodity code itself appears rarely as a standalone solicitation vehicle; instead, red boscoop apples surface as line items within larger fresh-produce bids issued by school districts, state correctional and mental health facilities, county parks departments, municipalities, and Head Start child nutrition programs. The issuing bodies span the full range of state and local procurement actors: state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county school systems (DeSoto County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bryan County, Early County, Bartow County in Georgia; Madison Metropolitan in Wisconsin), municipal departments (City of San Antonio senior services, City of Bridgeport education, City of Edinburg), county commissioners (Collier County, Florida), and specialized nutrition programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas). Texas correctional facilities and Illinois state mental health centers appear as repeat buyers of fresh produce in the recent record.

Geographic activity clusters heavily in the South and Midwest, with significant recent procurement volume in Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice at multiple food warehouses and facilities), Georgia (multiple school districts and county boards of education), Illinois (state mental health and corrections systems), and the Great Lakes region (Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetables procurement for the Palestine facility (IW267376, RFP, due 19 October 2026) and Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (IW267420 and IW267411, both due 14 October 2026); the Illinois Department of Mental Health Madden Mental Health Center's fresh fruits and vegetables contract for fiscal year 2027 (27444DHSMENTHB53608, small purchase, due 14 August 2026); Bryan County Schools fresh produce bid for school year 2026-2027 (PE55308NONST2027000000012, sealed bid, due 27 May 2026); and Madison Metropolitan School District's petite bananas RFB 4162 (due 29 July 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time, $78,000 estimated annual value for 70–90 cases weekly). Collier County's North Collier Regional Park food concession ITN (258360, due 6 March 2025 at 3:00 p.m. EST) layers a 10-point local-vendor preference into its evaluation. School nutrition programs routinely embed red boscoop apples or generic apple varieties within line-item specifications; procurement officers should monitor school-district fresh-produce bids for specific varietal requests and substitute-acceptable items flagged in specifications, as acceptance of comparable substitutes and damage-replacement liability terms vary significantly across issuing bodies.