UNSPSC 50311512: Organic cortland apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic cortland apples

UNSPSC 50311512 Organic cortland apples is a Commodity code. State and local governments rarely solicit under this code in recent activity; the source shows no opportunities actually procuring organic cortland apples. Recent school nutrition solicitations in the block span fresh produce procurement broadly—including apples of multiple varieties (Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Jazz, and others) alongside bananas, berries, vegetables, citrus, and eggs—but none specifically target organic cortland apples as a line item or vendor deliverable. The code's narrow commodity scope (organic, cortland variety only) does not align with the multi-variety, bulk-produce procurement pattern seen across Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin school districts. One solicitation (Hancock County Schools, IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) lists multiple apple varieties in its 200+ line items, but cortland apples are not explicitly named, and organic certification is not mentioned in any of the recent opportunities presented.

School nutrition programs remain the primary issuing bodies under fruit and vegetable codes in this dataset, with activity concentrated among Georgia school districts (Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, Bulloch County, Early County, Hancock County, Bartow County) and Texas independent school districts (Austin, McAllen), plus a Florida county school system (Hillsborough) and Wisconsin metropolitan school district (Madison). These buyers aggregate produce procurement into annual fixed-price IFBs and RFPs covering 60–200+ line items per solicitation, with single vendors or cooperative arrangements supplying multiple varieties to dozens of schools. The absence of organic-specific or cortland-specific solicitations suggests that specialty or certified-organic produce represents a negligible share of state and local school nutrition procurement, or is sourced through general produce contracts that allow vendors to bid varieties competitively. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for current opportunity pursuit and focus instead on broader fresh-produce family and class codes where school districts are actively soliciting multi-variety bulk supply.