UNSPSC 50331572: Dried organic red delicious apples

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

UNSPSC 50331572 Dried organic red delicious apples is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of fresh and processed produce for school nutrition programs and correctional facility food service. The recent opportunities show school districts and county education systems soliciting fresh produce supply contracts that include apples alongside dozens of other fruits and vegetables, with multiple apple varieties specified (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Jazz, Ambrosia) as part of broader fresh-produce line-item competitions. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) represented across multiple recent RFPs and IFBs. A few opportunities also show multi-district purchasing cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative coordinated through Douglas County) that consolidate demand from 12 to 30 school districts per solicitation. One correctional facility procurement from Santa Clara County, California, solicited dried fruits but not dried apples specifically. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content appear consistently in school nutrition solicitations, and response deadlines have clustered in late April through June 2026.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock, Liberty, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas counties), with additional solicitations from Virginia (Fairfax County), Missouri (Rockwood), California (Santa Clara), Connecticut (Bridgeport), and Texas (TDCJ, via the Texas Comptroller on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice). Fairfax County Public Schools issued IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 on April 6, 2026, with sealed bids due April 27, 2026, requiring minimum 76 items from a school-delivery section and firm pricing across a July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 contract term. Douglas County School System posted RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative on February 4, 2026, with sealed proposals due March 4, 2026, covering fresh produce and eggs for 30 school districts across two geographic areas in Georgia with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. Hancock County Board of Education solicited fresh produce under IFB #SN002-2027, posted June 10, 2026, with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, specifying delivery to three school locations for the 2026-27 school year. These school nutrition contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 annually and allow single or multiple vendor awards on a line-item basis, with firm pricing inclusive of transportation and no separate fuel surcharges permitted.