UNSPSC 50301586: Summer rambo apples

The variety of apples known as summer rambo apples

UNSPSC 50301586 Summer rambo apples, a Commodity code, describes fresh fruit procurement for school nutrition programs, child care food services, and institutional meal programs — a narrow slice of the broader fresh produce market where state and local governments buy specific apple varieties to comply with USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) standards and National School Lunch Program requirements. School districts and independent school systems dominate recent solicitation activity, with the City of Edinburg and Madison Metropolitan School District posting recent competitive procurements. School nutrition programs across the South, particularly Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, and Florida, have generated the bulk of visible activity in the past ninety days. The code's commodity scope aligns tightly with what is actually being bought — fresh produce meeting food-service specifications — though the recent solicitations tagged under this code reveal that state and local buyers typically source multiple apple varieties and other produce in consolidated food service procurements rather than single-variety apple buys; the opportunities cited reference apples generically or by variety (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Jazz, Ambrosia) rather than by the "Summer rambo" designation alone.

Recent opportunities confirm concentrated activity in school-based procurement: the City of Edinburg's Child and Adult Care Food Program RFP (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026) includes fresh fruits among five supply categories serving 400 children daily; Madison Metropolitan School District's petite banana bid (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026) specifies produce delivery to a central warehouse with strict ripeness and temperature controls; and Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) itemizes over 200 produce line items including multiple apple varieties with case-count specifications. School districts in Georgia (Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, and others) and multi-district cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 Georgia districts) have posted consolidated fresh-produce RFPs and IFBs during the March-July 2026 window, typically with July 1, 2026 contract commencement dates and annual terms. These procurements weight cost heavily (30–50 points), require USDA Buy American compliance, demand weekly or bi-weekly delivery to multiple school sites, and impose HACCP and food-safety documentation requirements. Activity is heaviest in the Southeast and Southwest but extends to the upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest. The code shows no recent federal or state-agency procurement and no activity outside traditional institutional food service.