UNSPSC 50301628: Katy apricots

The variety of apricots known as katy apricots

UNSPSC 50301628 Katy apricots, a Commodity code, covers fresh produce supply and delivery to institutional food service operations including correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, senior centers, and child nutrition programs. State and local procurement offices tag opportunities under this code when issuing solicitations for fresh fruit and vegetable provision; in practice, the recent activity reflects broad produce procurement rather than apricots specifically. Issuing bodies span Texas Department of Criminal Justice (multiple facility warehouses), Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health, school nutrition programs across Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Texas, county social services departments, regional health coalitions, and municipal senior and child care divisions. The work encompasses weekly or bi-weekly fresh produce delivery to central warehouses or individual facility sites, with vendors responsible for sourcing, quality assurance, temperature-controlled transport, and compliance with USDA standards, HACCP protocols, and food-safety regulations. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content appear in school nutrition solicitations. Contracts typically run one to three years with optional renewal periods.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple RFQs for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to facility food warehouses in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville, with response deadlines in October 2026 (IW267376, IW267420, IW267411). School districts including Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin (RFB 4162 for petite bananas estimated at $78,000 annually; RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program funding), Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia (IFB SN002-2027 due June 26, 2026 covering 200+ produce line items), Bryan County Schools in Georgia (sealed bid due May 27, 2026), and DeSoto County School District in Mississippi (sealed bid due June 22, 2026 for bi-annual fixed-fee-plus-reimbursable-cost produce distribution across 41 sites) represent active school nutrition buyers. Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center posted a small purchase procurement for FY27 fresh fruits and vegetables (due August 14, 2026). The City of Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) solicited over 1,100 grocery line items including produce for the National School Lunch Program (due June 30, 2026), and the City of Edinburg, Texas sought CACFP meal program supplies including produce for 400 children daily under RFP 2026-017 (due August 4, 2026). Geographic preference requirements appear in Wisconsin procurement (400-mile radius sourcing for fresh snacks; 5% diverse-owned business discount on organic produce) and Georgia procurement (Bartow County Schools required local sourcing within 400 miles; Bartow County RFP 10-2026-019 due June 22, 2026).