UNSPSC 50311576: Organic red york apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic red york apples

UNSPSC 50311576 Organic red york apples, a Commodity code, nominally designates a single fresh produce item, but recent state and local solicitations show substantial mismatch between the code's narrow scope and what is actually being bought. School districts across Georgia, Texas, and Florida are issuing RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs for comprehensive fresh produce procurement spanning dozens of fruit and vegetable line items—bananas, peppers, broccoli, carrots, leafy greens, berries, citrus, potatoes, and eggs—rather than organic red York apples specifically. The code appears to have been applied as a catch-all categorization for general produce purchasing rather than to target a distinct commodity. The work being solicited is institutional food service supply: weekly or bi-weekly deliveries of fresh produce to school nutrition programs supporting National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, with some districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bartow County, Bulloch County) emphasizing locally sourced or farm-to-school models and others (Hancock County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County) conducting broad competitive procurements on fixed-price annual contracts.

The issuing-body mix is dominated by independent school districts and county boards of education across Georgia (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Douglas County), with additional activity from Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, McAllen Independent School District in Texas, and Austin Independent School District in Texas. Georgia accounts for the densest cluster of recent solicitations. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties and specialty items (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 contract term, bid opening June 29, 2026), and Glynn County Board of Education's IFB 27-02 for approximately 60 fresh produce line items delivered weekly to 16 school locations (contract July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, bids due April 14, 2026). The code shows no recent activity that aligns with organic red York apples as a distinct procurement target.