UNSPSC 50301596: York imperial apples

The variety of apples known as york imperial apples

UNSPSC 50301596 York imperial apples, a Commodity code, encompasses fresh apple procurement for state and local child nutrition, school meal, and institutional food service programs. State and local governments buying under this code source fresh apples—including York imperial and other varieties such as Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Ambrosia—primarily for school district meal programs, child care facilities, senior services, and correctional food operations. Recent solicitations show a mix of single-variety and multi-variety produce procurements where apples are one line item among broader fresh-produce and grocery portfolios. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent activity from independent school districts in Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Edinburg), Florida (Hillsborough County), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and Georgia (Madison Metropolitan School District, Savannah-Chatham County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Glynn County, Henry County), alongside county school boards, city education departments, Head Start programs, and specialized nutrition cooperatives. Repeat buyers include Georgia school districts procuring fresh produce annually for the 2026-2027 school year and multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, where school districts issue recurring annual fresh-produce solicitations, followed by activity in Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, California, and Mississippi. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70-90 cases weekly, due July 29, 2026) and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce specifying multiple apple varieties including Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, and Honeycrisp across 200+ line items (bids due June 26, 2026, $78,000 estimated annual value); McAllen ISD's RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce serving 20,000 students across 31 campuses with proposals due March 6, 2026; Bryan County School Nutrition's sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce with approximately 1,024 cases of apples projected annually (bids due May 27, 2026); and the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP SN 26-004 spanning 30 Georgia school districts across two geographic areas with $5.5 million combined annual spending (proposals due March 4, 2026). Buy American provisions appear in most school district solicitations; local-vendor preferences and geographic sourcing within 400 miles are common in farm-to-school and fresh-fruit-and-vegetable-program contracts. Pricing structures vary—fixed unit pricing predominates, though cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-percentage models appear in specialized procurement categories. Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 with optional renewal terms spanning one to five years.