UNSPSC 50331588: Dried organic twenty ounce apples

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

UNSPSC 50331588 Dried organic twenty ounce apples (Commodity) covers fresh and processed produce that school districts, state agencies, and other local governments procure for nutrition programs, cafeteria operations, and institutional food service. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers sourcing fresh apples alongside broader fresh-produce portfolios—including berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, melons, citrus, and specialty items—as well as dried fruit products for institutional kitchen use. The code's scope extends across the full spectrum of produce categories that school nutrition centers and correctional facilities require under Buy American provisions mandating minimum domestic content (typically 51 percent for processed products). Issuing bodies include school districts (independent IFBs for annual produce contracts), state departments (Georgia's statewide food solicitation), and state correctional systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), each managing multi-year food service contracts with firm fixed pricing and delivery to centralized nutrition or warehouse distribution points.

Hancock County Schools in Georgia posted an IFB on June 10, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items with bids due June 26, 2026, requiring delivery to three school sites through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Board of Education Nutrition Center issued a commodities bid (BNB053266) on June 2, 2026, with electronic submission deadline June 26, 2026, covering 115 line items of produce and other food products delivered Monday through Friday to a centralized nutrition center with firm fixed pricing through June 30, 2027. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, solicited cafeteria food products (IFB 304T-26-300CF) across approximately 382 line items with response deadline extended to May 4, 2026, for delivery to six TDCJ distribution points across Texas with contract term through August 31, 2027, plus two optional one-year renewals. Activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida corridor via Hancock County) and spans Texas and Connecticut, with school nutrition programs and state correctional systems as the primary repeat buyers managing annual or multi-year produce contracts under public procurement.