UNSPSC 50301599: Pear apple

Apple variety known as pear apple.

UNSPSC 50301599 Pear apple, a Commodity code, represents fresh fruit procurement by state and local governments for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and institutional food service operations. State and local buyers are soliciting pear and apple varieties as components of broader fresh produce contracts serving National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) initiatives. The code captures single-item produce buys alongside comprehensive multi-produce solicitations where apples and pears appear as line items within 40–72 produce categories; recent opportunities name specific apple varieties including Gala, Granny Smith, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Honey Crisp, Jazz, Ambrosia, and Red types in case quantities ranging from dozens to over 1,000 cases annually. Issuing bodies span Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Dougherty County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County), Florida and Texas school districts (Hillsborough County, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD), independent school systems in Connecticut, Oregon, and other states, multi-district cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia districts), and specialized care programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP). The geographic spread centers on Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, and scattered CONUS activity; Georgia alone accounts for over a dozen recent school district solicitations tagged to fresh produce codes since late March 2026.

Representative recent opportunities include Bryan County School Nutrition (sealed bid, May 27, 2026, for approximately 1,024 cases of apples over school year 2026–2027), Glynn County Board of Education (sealed bid, April 14, 2026, for 1,850 cases of mixed apple varieties across 16 school sites), and the GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP, March 4, 2026, for Area One serving 18 Georgia districts with estimated annual produce spending of $4.4 million and Area Two serving 12 districts with $1.1 million, covering approximately 70 line items including multiple apple varieties). Hancock County Schools (IFB, June 26, 2026) specified seven apple varieties (Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Jazz) with detailed case sizes, and Madison Metropolitan School District (RFB, July 29, 2026) solicited petite bananas at $78,000 annual contract value, illustrating the unit-level specificity and volume-based pricing common under this code. Most solicitations structure awards on a lowest responsive and responsible bidder basis, permit multiple vendor selection on a line-item basis, and require firm pricing over initial 60–90 day periods with six-month escalation windows indexed to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index data. Buy American provisions (51% domestic content for processed items; maximum extent practicable for fresh produce) and HACCP documentation are routine compliance requirements. School districts dominate the issuing base; pursuit timing aligns with late-winter and early-spring bidding cycles (February through May 2026) for July 2026 contract start dates.