UNSPSC 50311515: Organic cox's orange pippin apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic cox's orange pippin apples

UNSPSC 50311515 Organic cox's orange pippin apples is a Commodity code, but the recent opportunities block shows limited direct activity under this specific designation. State and local school nutrition programs are actively soliciting fresh produce procurement, though the opportunities logged under this code represent a narrow mismatch: Madison Metropolitan School District posted RFB 4162 for petite bananas (not apples) due July 29, 2026, and RFB 4163 for mixed fresh fruit and vegetable snacks due the same date, neither of which specifies organic cox's orange pippin apples. The broader produce-procurement activity documented across Georgia, Texas, and Wisconsin school districts — including Hancock County Schools (IFB #SN002-2027, Sparta, Georgia), Muscogee County School District (ITB 26-017), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Bid 26-34), Glynn County Board of Education (IFB 27-02), and the Douglas County School System cooperative (RFP SN 26-004) — consistently includes apples among 50 to 72 line-item fresh produce categories but does not isolate organic or varietal-specific requirements such as cox's orange pippin in their posted specifications. School nutrition programs treat apples as a commodity staple, purchasing multiple varieties (Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Red, Ambrosia, Honey Crisp, Jazz) in bulk cases, typically 1,000 to 21,000 cases annually per district.

Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and boards of education across Georgia, Wisconsin, and Texas, with additional state-level and cooperative purchasing vehicles (Douglas County School System using the GEC Buying Cooperative, serving 30 districts across two regions with estimated combined annual spending of $5.5 million for fresh produce and eggs). The opportunities show routine, recurring school nutrition procurement with annual or multi-year contract terms, firm pricing requirements, HACCP compliance mandates, Buy American provisions, and delivery schedules to multiple school sites. However, the code 50311515 shows no recent solicitations explicitly tagged to organic cox's orange pippin apples; the opportunities present standardized apple varieties at commodity pricing levels, not differentiated organic or heritage-varietal sourcing. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Glynn County, Douglas County cooperative), with additional recent opportunities in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District, due July 29, 2026) and Texas (McAllen ISD RFP 2026-1029, Austin ISD RFP 26RFP034). The code does not currently reflect a material procurement signal for organic or varietal-specific apple supply; vendors should monitor broader fresh-produce RFPs and IFBs under commodity codes that span mixed-produce categories rather than pursuing opportunities tagged exclusively to this narrow specification.