UNSPSC 50311589: Organic tydeman red apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic tydeman red apples

UNSPSC 50311589 Organic Tydeman red apples is a Commodity code that nominally covers specialty apple varieties, but the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations for this specific product—instead, the source documents school nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, and Florida soliciting fresh produce contracts that name apples only as one line item among dozens of fruits, vegetables, and related items. The code exhibits little recent activity directly aligned to organic Tydeman red apples in particular. State and local school nutrition programs—individual school districts, county boards of education, and larger metropolitan school systems—dominate the issuing bodies in the recent record, with district food services departments managing procurement for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program compliance. These districts typically solicit produce through invitation-for-bid (IFB) or request-for-proposal (RFP) notices on annual or multi-year terms, bundling apples with bananas, berries, vegetables, eggs, and other staple items rather than purchasing apple varieties independently. Estimated annual contract values for comprehensive fresh produce procurement across 30 to 60 school sites range from $1.1 million to $4.4 million, suggesting significant institutional scale, though none of these opportunities isolate organic Tydeman red apples as a primary focus.

Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia, where Douglas County School System (serving 30 districts across two regions with estimated spend of $5.5 million combined), Glynn County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Bulloch County School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System all posted fresh produce RFPs or IFBs between February and July 2026. Activity also spans Texas (Austin Independent School District and McAllen Independent School District) and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools). Representative solicitations include Liberty County Board of Education IFB for purchase and distribution of food products (response due April 29, 2026, covering over 400 items across multiple categories), Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs through GEC Buying Cooperative (proposals due March 4, 2026, estimated $5.5 million across two regions), and Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFQDST for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery (proposals due March 11, 2026, estimated $600,000 annual budget). These solicitations uniformly emphasize Buy American compliance, HACCP food-safety plans, domestic sourcing preference, and compliance with USDA meal standards; none reference organic certification, Tydeman variety designation, or premium apple sourcing. The code does not show meaningful recent procurement activity specific to this commodity.