UNSPSC 50311592: Organic white joaneting apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic white joaneting apples

UNSPSC 50311592 Organic white joaneting apples, a Commodity code, represents fresh fruit supply for state and local institutional food service — particularly school meal programs and county recreation facilities. Recent solicitations show school districts and county parks requesting produce through competitive bidding and proposal-based procurements, with fresh fruit often bundled into larger produce or food-service contracts. The work spans single-item procurements (petite bananas for Madison Metropolitan School District) to comprehensive fresh-produce line-item bids covering multiple apple varieties and dozens of other fruits and vegetables (Hancock County Board of Education's 200+ line-item fresh-produce bid for the 2026-27 school year). Issuing bodies include school districts at the primary end, county boards of education, county parks departments, and health-care coalition food operations. Vendors must meet cold-chain requirements, food-safety and HACCP compliance, delivery-window specifications, and often geographic sourcing preferences or domestic-content mandates. Insurance requirements typically run $500,000 to $1 million in general liability, and many districts apply Buy American provisions or local/regional produce preferences in evaluation.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and Upper Midwest, with recent opportunities posted from Georgia (Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Florida (Collier County), and a statewide Georgia procurement. Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (posted July 8, 2026, bids due July 29, 2026) emphasizes Wisconsin-sourced produce within 400 miles and applies a $0.20 per pound preference discount on organic items. Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (posted June 10, 2026, bids due June 26, 2026) spans the full school year July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 with delivery to three school sites and Buy American requirements. Bartow County School System's RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables (posted May 21, 2026, proposals due June 22, 2026) restricts sourcing to farms within 400 miles and runs July 20, 2026 through June 30, 2027 with four one-year renewal options. School districts dominate the recent posting activity, with contract values ranging from the Madison MMSD petite-banana estimate of $78,000 annually to multi-item fresh-produce bids spanning the full academic year.