UNSPSC 50341500: Frozen apples

The fleshy usually rounded and red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a tree (genus malus) of the rose family that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341500 Frozen apples is a Class code that encompasses state and local procurement of frozen apple products—sliced, diced, halved, or quartered cuts meeting USDA commodity specifications—for institutional food service at state hospitals, state supported living centers, school districts, senior services centers, and child care programs. The work solicited under this code involves supply of bulk frozen apple inventory with firm fixed pricing, delivery scheduling, shelf-life guarantees, and product-compliance documentation. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions (particularly Texas HHSC), state correctional departments, county boards of education, county senior services departments, and Head Start agencies. These entities purchase frozen apples as a commodity line item within broader food-service grocery contracts or as standalone produce procurement vehicles.

Oregon Department of Corrections posted a solicitation (S2910000017684, due August 19, 2026) for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples with diced product meeting a minimum 3/8 inch by 3/8 inch size requirement, delivery to the ODOC Central Distribution Center in Salem, and Oregon-goods and resident-vendor preferences totaling up to 10%. Historical pricing was $0.797 per pound for 20-pound cases with Robbins Sales as the prior awardee. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited fresh produce including multiple apple varieties (Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Jazz) for school year 2026-27 (IFB #SN002-2027, bids due June 26, 2026) under Buy American requirements. Texas HHSC has posted multiple institutional grocery and frozen-food contracts that include frozen vegetables and prepared foods but do not isolate frozen apples as a line item. Recent opportunities show activity concentrated in Oregon (state correctional system), Georgia (county school districts and senior services), Texas (state hospital and supported living center networks), and scattered municipal and school district procurement across the South and Mid-Atlantic. The code sees steady but modest activity—typically one or two standalone frozen-apple solicitations per quarter among state corrections, school nutrition, and institutional food-service buyers, often bundled within larger food-commodity contracts rather than issued as single-product vehicles.