UNSPSC 50301638: Perfection apricots

The variety of apricots known as perfection apricots

UNSPSC 50301638 Perfection apricots, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line that state and local governments procure almost exclusively through broader fresh-produce and school nutrition food-service contracts rather than as standalone specialty items. Recent state and local solicitations show little direct demand for perfection apricots by name; instead, school districts, child care agencies, and senior services departments source fresh produce through comprehensive RFPs and IFBs that specify multiple fruit varieties by generic type (apples, bananas, berries, oranges) or leave variety selection to vendor proposal. The code sits within a larger ecosystem of fresh-fruit procurement driven by the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding.

Issuers active in fresh-produce procurement span Georgia school districts (Glynn County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County), Texas school districts (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD) and child care entities (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP), Florida school systems (Hillsborough County, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut), and a regional Georgia cooperative (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts). The geographic concentration reflects heavy K-12 food-service activity in the South and Southwest. The recent solicitations employ RFPs, RFBs, and ITBs with firm-fixed or cost-plus pricing structures; typical response dates cluster in late May through early June for next fiscal-year awards. Representative opportunities include Glynn County Board of Education's produce IFB (due April 14, 2026, covering 60 produce line items to 16 schools) and GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia districts (due March 4, 2026, with $5.5 million estimated annual value split across two geographic areas). None of the recent opportunities name perfection apricots specifically; sourcing decisions remain with vendors responding to generic fruit specifications and USDA quality standards. Pursuit of this commodity code is not recommended without direct inquiry to known procurement contacts at school nutrition departments or CACFP administrators to establish whether perfection apricots command sufficient institutional demand to justify product-line investment.