UNSPSC 50321557: Dried newtown pippin apples

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

UNSPSC 50321557 Dried newtown pippin apples, a Commodity code, describes specialty dried-apple products that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs and institutional food-service operations. Recent solicitations show dried apples appearing as line items within broader fresh and processed produce RFQs and IFBs issued by school districts and state agencies supplying cafeterias and nutrition centers. The work solicited under this code involves supply of dried fruit meeting USDA grade and packaging specifications, delivered on firm fixed-price contracts to multiple institutional sites, with compliance requirements including Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), HACCP or equivalent food-safety plans, and nutritional-data documentation. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Georgia; Bridgeport Board of Education, Connecticut), state correctional and institutional-feeding programs (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Georgia), and city procurement offices acting on behalf of school nutrition centers. The code shows modest recent activity concentrated in school-lunch and institutional-food contracts rather than retail or wholesale distribution channels.

Geographic activity clusters in the South and Southeast—Georgia, Texas, and Connecticut—with the most recent opportunities posted between April and June 2026. Representative recent solicitations include Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce SY27 (Hancock County Board of Education, Georgia; IFB SN002-2027; due June 26, 2026), which itemized over 200 fresh produce line items including multiple apple varieties for delivery to three school sites under a July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 contract; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases Commodities bid (BNB053266; IFB; due June 26, 2026), which covered 115 line items of produce and protein for the Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition Center; and the Texas Comptroller Statewide Procurement Division Cafeteria Food Products bid on behalf of TDCJ (IFB 304T-26-300CF; extended due date May 4, 2026), spanning approximately 382 food items for delivery to six TDCJ distribution points. A separate Texas TDCJ prunes solicitation (IFB IW236532; originally due February 20, 2026) confirms institutional procurement of dried fruit in bulk quantities meeting USDA Grade B specifications.