UNSPSC 50301570: Red boscoop apples

The variety of apples known as red boscoop apples

UNSPSC 50301570 Red boscoop apples, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of fresh apples for institutional food service, though recent solicitation activity shows the code encompasses broader fresh produce categories in child nutrition, school lunch, and senior services contexts. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span school districts (both individual districts and cooperative purchasing consortia), city and county education departments, Head Start programs, senior services divisions, and child care food programs, with school nutrition operations representing the dominant buyer segment. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's sealed bid for petite bananas (RFB 4162, response due July 29, 2026) and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties alongside berries, cruciferous vegetables, and other items (IFB #SN002-2027, sealed bids due June 26, 2026), reflecting the code's actual use in purchasing commodity-volume fresh fruit and vegetable supply for child nutrition programs rather than a single specialty variety. The geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Bartow County, and the GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 districts), with significant secondary activity in Texas (Edinburg, McAllen, Austin), Florida (Hillsborough County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), and Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools and Bridgeport), reflecting the national footprint of school nutrition procurement across state lines.

Cost-plus and fixed-unit-price structures dominate; most solicitations require firm pricing for 12-month terms with price redetermination clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data, typically capping annual increases at 3–6 percent without supporting documentation. Buy American requirements, HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility, and insurance minimums (typically $500,000–$2,000,000 general liability) are standard compliance gates. Evaluation typically weights price at 30–50 percent, product quality and specifications at 15–30 percent, and delivery/service reliability at 10–25 percent. A notable trend is the rise of local and regional sourcing preferences: Bulloch County's Farm to School program requires produce grown within 200 miles; Bartow County and McAllen ISD apply geographic preference scoring; Austin ISD emphasizes Good Food Purchasing Program alignment and farm labor practices. Weekly or twice-weekly deliveries to multiple school sites with 6:00–7:00 a.m. arrival windows, inside delivery, and emergency 24-hour substitute capability are standard operational requirements. The code sees steady procurement activity year-round, with concentrations in late spring (May–June) and early fall (August–September) tied to school nutrition contract renewals and fall program launches, indicating sustained and predictable buying cycles across a highly distributed base of issuing bodies.