UNSPSC 50311609: Organic clutha gold apricots

The variety of organic apricots known as organic clutha gold apricots

UNSPSC 50311609 Organic clutha gold apricots (Commodity) encompasses fresh specialty fruit procurement by school districts, counties, and state agencies for child nutrition programs and food service operations. Recent activity shows state and local buyers soliciting fresh produce through school nutrition departments and cooperative purchasing vehicles, though the specific "clutha gold apricots" variant does not appear in posted opportunities. Instead, districts are actively buying comprehensive fresh fruit and produce portfolios—apples, bananas, berries, stone fruits, melons, and prepared produce items—as part of annual contracts supporting National School Lunch Programs, School Breakfast Programs, and federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hillsborough County, McAllen, Austin, Savannah-Chatham County), county school systems (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Douglas County, Glynn County, Early County, Bartow County), the State of Georgia purchasing office, and cooperative purchasing consortia such as the GEC Buying Cooperative. School districts dominate the recent activity, with district nutrition programs soliciting produce on annual cycles through RFPs, RFBs, and IFBs.

Geographic concentration is heavily weighted to Georgia and Texas, with recent opportunities posted by Hancock County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Douglas County, and Glynn County (all Georgia), McAllen and Austin (Texas), and Hillsborough County (Florida). Representative opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026), the Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFQDST for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce ($600,000 estimated annual budget, proposals due March 11, 2026), and the Douglas County School System RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs ($4.4 million Area One and $1.1 million Area Two estimated annual spending, proposals due March 4, 2026). Contracts consistently require HACCP plans, Buy American compliance, liability insurance ($500,000 to $2,000,000), traceability documentation, and weekly or twice-weekly delivery to multiple school sites. Price evaluation typically weights cost between 30–50 percent, with quality, vendor qualifications, geographic sourcing, and past performance comprising the remainder. Most districts award to lowest responsive and responsible bidder or lowest-cost line-item pricing and reserve the right to select single or multiple vendors.