UNSPSC 50321577: Dried reinette apples

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

UNSPSC 50321577 Dried reinette apples (Commodity) covers dried apple products procured by state and local school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show that state and local governments purchase dried apples as components of broader food-supply contracts for institutional feeding operations, alongside fresh produce, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, and condiments. School districts and state corrections departments are the primary buyers, soliciting either dedicated produce contracts that specify apple varieties and dried-apple formats or consolidated food-supply tenders that incorporate dried apples within mixed commodity line items. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Hancock County Schools, Georgia), city boards of education (Bridgeport, Connecticut), state departments (Georgia, Texas), and state correctional agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). Buyers typically enforce the Buy American Provision requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products, HACCP or food-safety compliance, and USDA grade certification.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and Southwest. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026 (bids due June 26, 2026) seeking fresh produce and specialty items for the 2026–27 school year across over 200 line items with delivery to three school sites; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut solicited commodities on June 2, 2026 (due June 26, 2026) covering 115 line items for the Board of Education Nutrition Center; the State of Georgia posted a food, supplies, and kitchen products bid on May 15, 2026 (due June 22, 2026); and the Texas Comptroller, on behalf of TDCJ, issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026 (extended to May 4, 2026) for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products distributed across five Texas geographic areas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice also solicited whole, pitted dried prunes (Bid No. IW236532, February 2026) in 60–70 count size with minimum order of 1,400 boxes to Corpus, indicating that dried fruit procurement occurs within narrow-scope solicitations as well as consolidated tenders.