UNSPSC 50311502: Organic ambrosia apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic ambrosia apples

UNSPSC 50311502 Organic ambrosia apples, a Commodity code, does not match the recent state and local solicitations in this dataset. The code nominally describes a single apple variety—ambrosia—yet the recent opportunities solicited show no activity specifically for organic ambrosia apples and instead span broad fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs across multiple states.

The mismatch is substantial. While Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB for fresh produce that explicitly listed ambrosia apples among over 200 line items, the scope was institutional school cafeteria supply—a multi-category annual contract covering apples, berries, vegetables, melons, citrus, and specialty items all competing for award on a lowest-responsive-bidder basis. Similarly, Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), and Austin Independent School District (Texas) all issued RFPs, IFBs, or RFQs for fresh produce that included apples as one commodity among dozens. No solicitation designated organic certification as a requirement, and no opportunity isolated ambrosia as a standalone product line. School districts purchasing produce through cooperative vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative (Douglas County School System serving 30 districts across Georgia) procure on a cost-plus or wholesale-index-markup basis with line-item awards to multiple vendors, not single-product contracts. The recent activity shows no state or local buyer currently seeking organic ambrosia apples as a discrete commodity; all procurement is integrated into institutional food service contracts where conventional and organic designation, if present, appears only as a pricing modifier or optional specification rather than a defining contract scope.