UNSPSC 50321558: Dried northern spy apples

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

UNSPSC 50321558 Dried northern spy apples is a Commodity code capturing agricultural products for institutional food service. State and local governments procure dried northern spy apples—and the broader dried-fruit category this code represents—primarily through school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show these items embedded within larger fresh and processed produce awards rather than as standalone commodity buys; Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce in the 2026-27 school year, for example, spans over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties, though the specific dried northern spy variety does not appear in the posted scope. The City of Bridgeport's commodities procurement for the Board of Education Nutrition Center and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's cafeteria food products solicitation similarly reflect food-service-scale institutional purchasing where dried fruit appears as a line item within mixed-category procurements. School districts and state corrections agencies dominate the issuing-body mix, with less visibility into county or municipal standalone dried-fruit awards.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Schools (Sparta, Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 due June 26, 2026, with sealed bids opened June 29, 2026, and contract performance running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases posted its commodities IFB (BNB053266) on June 2, 2026, with electronic submissions due June 26, 2026, and contract term through June 30, 2027. The Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, on behalf of TDCJ, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF with an extended response due date of May 4, 2026, covering cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with a contract term extending through August 31, 2027 plus two optional renewal years. All solicitations enforce Buy American provisions requiring a minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products, mandate HACCP plans or equivalent food safety compliance, and award to lowest responsive and responsible bidders with payment typically due 30–45 days after delivery. Dried apple products in this code show limited standalone activity; they surface as components within broad food-service aggregations where vendors compete on mixed line-item pricing rather than dried-apple-specific expertise.