UNSPSC 50301601: Ambercot apricots

The variety of apricots known as ambercot apricots

UNSPSC 50301601 Ambercot apricots is a Commodity code. State and local education and social-service agencies—primarily school districts and child nutrition programs—buy produce under this family of codes to meet meal service requirements, though recent solicitation activity shows that state and local procurement offices tag a much broader range of fresh-fruit-and-vegetable sourcing under produce-level codes rather than variety-specific ones. The code itself nominally describes a single fruit variety, but recent opportunities show school nutrition programs, child care food-program operators, and senior services soliciting fresh produce on a line-item or category basis without distinguish between ambercot apricots and generic apples, bananas, or seasonal fruits. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, Bulloch County Schools, McAllen Independent School District, Henry County Schools, and others across Georgia, Florida, Texas, Connecticut, Oregon, and California), child care and Head Start programs (City of Edinburg Parks & Recreation, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and county social-service departments (DeSoto County Schools, Early County Schools, Muscogee County Schools). Several school districts solicit through cooperative purchasing agreements, most notably the GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia districts with estimated annual produce spending exceeding $5.5 million.

The work being solicited is institutional fresh-produce supply—weekly or bi-weekly deliveries of case-packed or pre-portioned fruits and vegetables meeting USDA nutrition standards, HACCP food-safety certification, and Buy American domestic-content requirements. Representative recent opportunities include Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Bid 26-34, IFB for 72 fresh-produce line items, bids due April 23, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida (RFP 26039RFPDST for specialty fresh fruits and vegetables for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, proposals due March 11, 2026); Glynn County Board of Education in Georgia (IFB 27-02 for fresh produce across 16 school sites, bids due April 14, 2026); and GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across two Georgia geographic areas, proposals due March 4, 2026 with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Savannah-Chatham, Glynn, Liberty, Bulloch, Bryan, Henry, Muscogee, Dougherty, Hancock County school districts) with secondary activity in Texas (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Edinburg Parks & Recreation) and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools). Nearly all solicitations require firm fixed pricing for the contract period, weekly or twice-weekly delivery windows between early morning and early afternoon, and compliance with federal commodity and nutrition labeling standards.