UNSPSC 50301598: Winter apple

The winter apple has an intense red color and is one of the sourest apples and, as its name indicates, it can be found during the winter.

UNSPSC 50301598 Winter apple is a Commodity code representing a single fresh produce item—specifically winter apple varieties—that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs and child care food services. Recent solicitations show school districts, education departments, and child nutrition agencies across multiple states actively purchasing winter apples as line items within broader fresh produce bids, often specified by variety (Granny Smith, Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp) and packed in cases with standardized unit counts for institutional meal service. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs within independent school districts and county boards of education, supplemented by Head Start agencies, city departments of human services, and correctional facilities. The code sees consistent activity across Georgia (Bryan County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and others), with additional recent solicitation activity in Texas (McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, City of Edinburg), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Mississippi (DeSoto County School District), Oregon (Central Point School District), and California (County of Santa Clara). Issuing bodies typically bundle winter apples with 50 to 100+ other fresh produce line items in annual fixed-price or cost-plus contracts serving institutional meal programs under National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) requirements.

Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 (Petite Bananas, due July 29, 2026), which illustrates detailed commodity-level specification practice applicable across the produce category; Bryan County School Nutrition Program's sealed bid for fresh produce (due May 27, 2026, with approximately 1,024 estimated cases of apples requested); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026, spanning multiple apple varieties including Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Jazz); Muscogee County School District's ITB 26-017 (due April 27, 2026, pricing against USDA Fruit and Vegetable Market News Index); and GEC Buying Cooperative's SN 26-004 cooperative procurement across 30 Georgia school districts (due March 4, 2026, with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending across two geographic areas). Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, traceability requirements, and firm pricing structures are standard across these solicitations. Delivery typically occurs weekly to school sites between 5:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with pricing firm for contract periods ranging from one to five years and subject to escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data. Award criteria emphasize lowest responsive and responsible bidder pricing on a line-item basis, with school districts reserving the right to award to single or multiple vendors by item or geographic area.