UNSPSC 50331515: Dried organic cox's orange pippin apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic cox's orange pippin apples that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50331515 Dried organic Cox's Orange Pippin apples is a Commodity code that encompasses dried apple products procured by state and local school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and other public food-service operations. The recent solicitations tagged with this code show school districts purchasing fresh produce broadly—including multiple apple varieties (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Jazz, Ambrosia), berries, vegetables, and other fresh items—rather than dried specialty apples specifically. One correction facility (Santa Clara County's Elmwood Correctional Facility) solicited dried fruits and nuts as a distinct category, but no recent posting targets dried Cox's Orange Pippin apples by name. The code appears to see minimal standalone activity; school nutrition programs typically fold dried fruits into broader fresh-produce or commodity grocery RFPs rather than isolating dried apple varieties as line items.

Recent procurement activity clusters in Georgia and the broader Southeast, with secondary activity in California, Connecticut, Missouri, Texas, and Virginia. The Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items with a June 26, 2026 response date, and the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities for its Board of Education Nutrition Center due June 26, 2026. Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering fresh produce and eggs for 30 school districts across two areas with an estimated $5.5 million annual spend, closing March 4, 2026. The county of Santa Clara (California) issued ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 for dried fruits and nuts to Elmwood Correctional Facility with a February 5, 2026 deadline, though this procurement focused on raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans rather than dried apples. Most school districts enforce Buy American provisions requiring a minimum of 51 percent domestic content in processed products and firm fixed pricing for contract periods, typically July 1 through June 30 annually with renewal options.