UNSPSC 50331586: Dried organic summer rambo apples

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

UNSPSC 50331586 Dried organic summer rambo apples (Commodity) does not reflect the actual procurement activity in the recent state and local opportunities block. The code nominally describes a single specialty produce item—dried organic summer rambo apples—yet the twelve recent solicitations show no demand for this product and instead overwhelmingly capture procurement of fresh produce, eggs, comprehensive grocery staples, and proteins for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and institutional food services. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), and the Douglas County School System (Georgia) each issuing full-category food procurement RFPs and IFBs for fiscal 2026–27. State and regional buying cooperatives also appear—the GEC Buying Cooperative representing 30 Georgia school districts and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Procurement spans fresh apples (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Ambrosia, Honey Crisp, Jazz varieties), berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, citrus, and melons alongside proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared entrees; the sole dried-fruit opportunity—Santa Clara County's January 2026 ITB for dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans—does not include dried organic apples and operates under a separate correctional-facility food-service contract, not school nutrition.

Georgia leads in recent activity with at least seven school district and cooperative solicitations posted between January and June 2026, followed by Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, and California with one to three each. The Hancock County Schools IFB (due June 26, 2026) and Liberty County Board of Education IFB (due April 29, 2026) exemplify current K–12 school nutrition procurement, requiring over 200 and 400 line items respectively with Buy American compliance, firm pricing through June 30, 2027, and weekly delivery to elementary, middle, and high school sites. The Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution (due February 18, 2026) reflects the scale of institutional food service, estimating $9 million annually to supply 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools. None of these solicitations target dried organic summer rambo apples, and the single dried-fruit procurement (Santa Clara County, ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026) specifies raisins, cranberries, and mixed tropical fruit only.