UNSPSC 50331527: Dried organic gascoyne's scarlet apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic gascoyne's scarlet apples that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50331527 Dried organic Gascoyne's scarlet apples, a Commodity code, covers specialty dried fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition and correctional facility food-service channels. Recent solicitations show that the code encompasses fresh and processed produce line items within broader food-supply RFPs and IFBs, though the source opportunities do not isolate dried apples as a standalone line item. Instead, dried apples and similar specialty produce appear as components within comprehensive foodservice commodity solicitations where schools, state corrections departments, and municipal nutrition centers seek multiple produce categories simultaneously. Issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state-level purchasing divisions (Georgia Department of Procurement, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and municipal nutrition departments. The Buy American Provision requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products is standard across education and corrections foodservice contracts.

Geographic activity centers on Texas, Georgia, and Connecticut based on recent postings. Representative opportunities include the Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce (Sparta, Georgia, due June 26, 2026), which itemized over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties across three school delivery sites for the 2026–27 school year; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases IFB for commodities (due June 26, 2026) spanning 115 line items for the Thomas E. Carroll Nutrition Center; the State of Georgia IFB for food, supplies, and other kitchen products (due June 22, 2026); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB No. 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products covering approximately 382 line items across five geographic areas with delivery to six TDCJ distribution points (due May 4, 2026). School lunch programs and correctional facility nutrition operations dominate the issuing-body base under this code, with firm fixed pricing, prepaid freight, and USDA compliance requirements standard across all recent bids.