UNSPSC 50301588: Twenty ounce apples

The variety of apples known as twenty ounce apples

UNSPSC 50301588 Twenty ounce apples (Commodity) covers fresh apple procurement for institutional food service, with state and local governments purchasing direct fresh-fruit supply for correctional facilities, mental-health centers, school districts, senior services, child-care programs, and regional parks. Recent solicitations show apples specified as individual line items within broader fresh-produce RFPs, RFBs, and ITNs that typically bundle multiple fruit and vegetable categories into single awards. Issuing bodies span state corrections departments, state mental-health agencies, county and city school districts, county parks and recreation departments, municipal senior services, and nonprofit child-care operators; Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears repeatedly across multiple food-warehouse locations, and school nutrition programs dominate the volume of opportunities. Work includes weekly or bi-weekly fresh-apple delivery to central warehouse locations or school sites, compliance with USDA quality and grading standards, temperature-controlled transport, and often HACCP plan certification and liability insurance maintenance.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (TDCJ Palestine and Snyder warehouses, City of Edinburg CACFP program, Head Start of Greater Dallas), Illinois (Department of Mental Health Madden Center, Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center), Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bryan County, and Early County school systems), and Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District). Recent representative opportunities include Texas Department of Criminal Justice IW267376 (Fresh Fruit & Vegetables–Palestine), posted October 12, 2026 with response due October 19, 2026; Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 (Petite Bananas), posted July 8, 2026 with response due July 29, 2026 and estimated annual value $78,000; Dougherty County Board of Education School Nutrition Program sealed bid for fresh produce (40 line items, multiple apple varieties), due June 16, 2026; and Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 (fresh produce delivery bi-weekly under small-business set-aside), due September 3, 2026. Opportunities remain active through June 2026 and into fall 2026, with most school contracts commencing July 1 and running through June 30 of the following year.