UNSPSC 50321512: Dried cortland apples

The variety of apples known as cortland apples that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50321512 Dried cortland apples, a Commodity code, covers preserved or processed whole apple products that school districts and correctional facilities procure as components of institutional food service contracts. State and local governments solicit dried apples primarily through competitive food-service IFBs, where the items appear as line items within broader fresh and processed produce or institutional cafeteria commodity purchases rather than as standalone solicitations. The work involves meeting USDA grade and packaging specifications, maintaining HACCP plans where required, and delivering to specified institutional locations on firm-fixed pricing with transportation included. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state correctional agencies; county and city education departments (such as Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut) and state departments managing institutional feeding programs (such as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the State of Georgia) are the primary buyers under this code.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Schools in Georgia posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items across the 2026–27 school year, with a June 26, 2026, response deadline and Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed products; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut posted a commodity IFB on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, covering 115 line items including fruit and vegetable products under MBE/CBE applicability; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026, for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas, with firm fixed pricing, FOB destination delivery to six TDCJ distribution points, and an initial contract term through August 31, 2027, plus two optional one-year renewals. The code shows no isolated dried-apple solicitations; opportunities are embedded in large multi-item institutional food procurements where dried cortland apples compete alongside other preserved fruits and commodities for shelf space and budget allocation.