UNSPSC 50321547: Dried jonathan apples

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

UNSPSC 50321547 Dried jonathan apples, a Commodity code, captures dried apple products supplied to school districts, correctional facilities, and other state and local nutrition programs. Recent state and local solicitations under this code reflect a much broader dried fruit commodity procurement pattern: school districts and criminal justice agencies are buying small quantities of dried fruits alongside nuts, fresh produce, and complete food supply contracts, but explicit dried apple line items appear only as components within large multi-item food service RFPs and IFBs. The Douglas County School System's January 2026 RFP for Fresh Produce and Eggs (covering 72 produce items across two Georgia regions with estimated spending of $4.4 million for Area One), the Santa Clara County January 2026 ITB for Dried Fruits and Nuts (requesting raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans on an all-or-none basis), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Cafeteria Food Products IFB (spanning 382 line items including proteins, grains, canned and fresh vegetables, and fruits) demonstrate that dried fruit procurement is typically embedded within broader food-service contracts rather than solicited as a standalone commodity. School districts dominate the issuing bodies, including Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, alongside correctional and detention facility operators such as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department of Correction.

Activity clusters in Georgia, where school districts have issued multiple fresh produce and grocery RFPs and IFBs with response dates from February through June 2026, and in Texas, where the state criminal justice system maintains separate commodity solicitations. Recent representative opportunities include the Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce IFB (due June 26, 2026) spanning over 200 produce line items with delivery to three school locations through June 2027, and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's Fresh Produce annual contract bid (due April 23, 2026) covering 72 items including apples, bananas, and berries for 60 school sites. The Santa Clara County dried fruits and nuts ITB (closed February 5, 2026) required all-or-none bidding on five line items including raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix for a five-year term at the Elmwood Correctional Facility. Buy American provisions requiring domestic content (typically 51 percent for processed products) and USDA compliance appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations. Most school district contracts run July 1 through June 30 and allow award to single or multiple vendors by line item, with pricing firm fixed for the contract period and delivery typically required multiple days per week to distributed school sites between early morning and mid-afternoon windows.