UNSPSC 50311508: Organic calville blanche d'hiver apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic calville blanche d'hiver apples

UNSPSC 50311508 Organic calville blanche d'hiver apples is a Commodity code that in practice spans fresh whole fruits and specialty produce items procured by school nutrition programs, though the recent opportunities block shows minimal activity directly tied to the code's nominal scope. State and local procurement under this code is dominated by school districts and county boards of education sourcing fresh produce—apples, bananas, berries, vegetables, and prepared produce items—for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program delivery. Issuing bodies are predominantly independent school districts and county school boards across multiple states, with cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative aggregating demand across regions. Representative solicitations show school nutrition programs routinely bundle apples with dozens of other produce line items rather than procuring them in isolation; for example, Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia) IFB issued March 30, 2026, covers over 400 food items including fresh and frozen produce across multiple categories, and Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia) IFB 27-02 posted March 16, 2026, encompasses approximately 60 produce line items with apples specified in multiple varieties (gold and red) and estimated annual quantities of 1,000 to 1,500 cases.

Recent activity is concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin school districts. The most directly relevant opportunity is Madison Metropolitan School District Food & Nutrition Department RFB 4162 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026), which solicits petite bananas—not apples—in 150-count cases at specified ripeness stages with weekly usage of 70–90 cases and estimated annual contract value of $78,000. The code itself appears misaligned with actual procurement patterns: the block contains no sealed-bid or RFP solicitations specifically for organic calville blanche d'hiver apples or organic apples generally. School districts are instead soliciting mixed fresh-produce line items and award contracts on a lowest-responsive-responsible basis, often allocating different produce categories to multiple vendors. Vendors responding to school nutrition produce solicitations typically demonstrate five years' minimum experience with institutional food service, maintain $1 million to $2 million commercial general liability insurance, comply with Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products, and submit HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility.