UNSPSC 50311572: Organic red delicious apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic red delicious apples

UNSPSC 50311572 Organic red delicious apples is a Commodity code that nominally describes one produce item, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code show little alignment with the code's scope. The opportunities posted under 50311572 instead seek comprehensive fresh produce procurement—including bananas, berries, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes, eggs, and dozens of other items—for school nutrition programs, not organic red delicious apples specifically. The code appears to function as a catch-all tag for school food-service produce buys rather than a precision classifier for a single apple variety. State and local buying under this label is driven almost entirely by school districts across Georgia and Texas, supplemented by single procurements from Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, McAllen Independent School District in Texas, Austin Independent School District in Texas, and the Georgia Education Cooperative (a multi-district buying alliance). No state departments, county governments outside school nutrition, municipalities, or transit authorities appear in the recent activity.

Geographic concentration is heavy in Georgia, with recent solicitations from Hancock County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, Liberty County, and Bulloch County school districts, plus the state-level GEC cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts. Texas activity includes McAllen and Austin independent school districts. A single Wisconsin solicitation from Madison Metropolitan School District rounds out the footprint. Representative opportunities include Glynn County Board of Education School Nutrition Program (IFB 27-02, sealed bids due April 14, 2026, for approximately 60 produce line items with weekly delivery to 16 locations); Douglas County School System through the GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP SN 26-004, sealed proposals due March 4, 2026, covering 72 produce items for 30 Georgia districts with estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for Area One); Hancock County Board of Education (IFB #SN002-2027, sealed bids due June 26, 2026, for 200+ produce line items across multiple apple varieties, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, and specialty fruits); and Bulloch County School District (IFP, sealed proposals due May 4, 2026, for 24 locally-grown produce items within 200 miles of Statesboro, Georgia). All awards are made to lowest responsive and responsible bidder on a line-item basis; many contracts permit multiple vendor awards and carry automatic renewal options for one to four additional years.