UNSPSC 50301573: Red gravenstein apples

The variety of apples known as red gravenstein apples

UNSPSC 50301573 Red gravenstein apples is a Commodity code. State and local governments use this code to procure fresh apples for child nutrition programs, school meal services, senior nutrition initiatives, and institutional food service operations. The recent solicitations show that red gravenstein apples are typically bundled within larger fresh produce buys rather than procured as a standalone line item; instead, state and local buyers issue multi-item produce RFPs and IFBs that specify apple varieties by cultivar and pack size as part of comprehensive weekly or annual supply agreements for school districts, child care agencies, and food service contractors. Issuing bodies include large school districts, county school systems, city school boards, Head Start programs, and child and adult care food program operators across the Southeast, Texas, Florida, and nationwide. The mix reflects heavy concentration among school nutrition programs using RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs to award annual or multi-year contracts, often with renewal options and buy-American requirements, to single or multiple produce vendors competing on price, quality, delivery reliability, and HACCP compliance.

Recent activity shows no opportunities explicitly requesting red gravenstein apples in isolation. The most directly relevant solicitations are comprehensive fresh produce buys where apples—specified by variety (Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Jazz, Ambrosia) and pack size—appear as line items within multi-hundred-item grocery or produce catalogs. For example, Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) IFB #SN002-2027 (bids due June 26, 2026) specified multiple apple varieties across 200+ produce line items; Bulloch County School District (Georgia) IFP (proposals due May 4, 2026) sought locally grown apples within 200 miles; Bryan County School Nutrition (Georgia) sealed-bid procurement (May 27, 2026) estimated approximately 1,024 cases of apples; and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP (Douglas County School System, Georgia, proposals due March 4, 2026) covered roughly 70 produce line items including multiple apple varieties serving 30 school districts across two geographic areas with approximately $5.5 million in combined annual spending. None of these solicitations isolated red gravenstein apples as a named procurement requirement, suggesting limited standalone demand for this specific cultivar in state and local school nutrition contracting.