UNSPSC 50331512: Dried organic cortland apples

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

UNSPSC 50331512 Dried organic cortland apples is a Commodity code representing a specialized subset of the dried fruit products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service. In practice, state and local buyers source dried fruits — including raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, and specialty dried apple varieties — as components of larger grocery and commodity contracts serving school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and other public food service operations. The work being solicited under this code comprises sealed-bid and RFP procurements for dried fruit supply and delivery to institutional kitchens and distribution centers, typically as part of broader fresh produce or food commodity bundles rather than as standalone line items.

School districts and state correctional agencies dominate recent activity, with Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and the County of Santa Clara Department of Correction (California) soliciting dried fruit as embedded categories within larger food service contracts in the first half of 2026. The County of Santa Clara's ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 (posted January 28, 2026, due February 5, 2026) explicitly itemized dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix as five-line-item all-or-none requirements to support correctional facility food service, while the Douglas County School System RFP 26-003 (posted January 21, 2026, due February 18, 2026) and the Hancock County IFB #SN002-2027 (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) embedded dried apple varieties within multi-hundred-line-item fresh produce and commodity catalogs. Georgia school districts—including Liberty County, Douglas County, and Savannah-Chatham County—have posted the highest frequency of recent dried fruit solicitations, with activity also present in California and Connecticut. All recent opportunities enforce Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products, firm fixed pricing for contract terms, and delivery to multiple school sites or facility locations between specified morning and early-afternoon windows.