UNSPSC 50301578: Rome beauty apples

The variety of apples known as rome beauty apples

UNSPSC 50301578 Rome beauty apples, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within fresh-produce procurement for state and local child nutrition and food service programs. Recent solicitations show that state and local governments buy Rome beauty apples as part of broader fresh-produce contracts for school lunch programs, child and adult care food programs (CACFP), and institutional food service, where apples appear alongside dozens of other produce items in mixed-vendor RFPs and IFBs rather than as standalone line items. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts and school nutrition programs across multiple states, with occasional procurement by county boards of education and child-care administrative bodies. A local-vendor preference is common under state law, and specifications emphasize USDA compliance, domestic sourcing under Buy American provisions, HACCP plans, traceability documentation, and delivery logistics aligned with school kitchen workflows.

The geographic spread spans multiple states, with recent activity concentrated in Georgia (Bryan County Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Bulloch County Schools), Texas (City of Edinburg CACFP program, Head Start of Greater Dallas, McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), and multistate cooperative purchasing through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 Georgia school districts. Representative recent solicitations include Bryan County Schools' sealed-bid RFP for fresh produce (May 27, 2026 deadline) that estimated 1,024 cases of apples annually, Glynn County Board of Education IFB 27-02 for fresh produce (April 14, 2026 deadline) covering multiple apple varieties in case quantities, and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (June 26, 2026 deadline) itemizing Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, and Jazz varieties—though Rome beauty does not appear in the Hancock County specification sheet despite being named in the UNSPSC code. The GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 (March 4, 2026 deadline) for 30 Georgia districts estimated $4.4 million in annual produce spending across roughly 72 line items, though specific apple varieties are not enumerated in available summaries. The code sees active procurement but typically as one commodity among 40 to 100+ line items in institutional produce contracts, with Rome beauty apples rarely named separately or specified by variety in recent state and local RFPs examined.