UNSPSC 50331530: Dried organic gladstone apples

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

UNSPSC 50331530 Dried organic gladstone apples, a Commodity code, addresses a narrow product category—whole dried apples and apple-based preserved products—that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs. The recent opportunities in the code show that school districts and state nutrition centers use this code when sourcing fresh and dried fruit as part of broader produce or commodity buys for cafeteria and meal-service operations, though the actual solicitations captured under the code span a much wider range of fresh produce, proteins, and prepared foods rather than dried apples specifically. Issuing bodies include school district boards of education (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut) and state-level procurement on behalf of custodial and nutrition operations (State of Georgia, Texas Department of Criminal Justice). The work entails responding to IFBs or RFQs with sealed competitive bids, meeting Buy American content thresholds (typically 51 percent domestic ingredients for processed products), providing HACCP or USDA compliance documentation, maintaining commercial general liability insurance, and accepting firm fixed pricing for multi-year contract terms (typically twelve months with optional renewals).

Geographic activity centers on Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas based on recent postings. The Hancock County Schools IFB (Solicitation PE67080NONST2027000000013, due June 26, 2026) requested fresh produce across over 200 line items for the 2026–27 school year, with delivery to three school locations and a contract period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB053266 (due June 26, 2026) for 115 line items of commodities including eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center on a firm fixed price through June 30, 2027. The State of Georgia solicited bids on food, supplies, and kitchen products (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026), and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of TDCJ, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF (extended to May 4, 2026) spanning approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products for delivery to six Texas distribution points. A separate TDCJ bid for dried prunes (IW236532, due February 20, 2026) shows state correctional systems as a secondary buyer of preserved fruit, though the due date has passed.