UNSPSC 50341515: Frozen cox's orange pippin apples

The variety of apples known as cox's orange pippin apples that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341515 Frozen Cox's Orange Pippin Apples is a Commodity code that in practice captures state and local procurement of frozen and fresh produce for institutional food service, including frozen specialty apple varieties, though the recent opportunities show that this code appears on solicitations spanning much broader grocery and produce categories that do not isolate frozen Cox's Orange Pippin apples as a distinct line item. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited groceries for Big Spring State Hospital under IFB HHS0017660 with bids due July 27, 2026, covering approximately 110 line items across proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, beverages, and food service packaging; the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases sought bids on over 1,100 grocery line items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services under electronic IFB BNB052266 due June 30, 2026, requiring Buy American compliance with 51% domestic agricultural ingredients and adherence to Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards. Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc. issued IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products meeting Child and Adult Care Food Program requirements, with a pre-bid conference April 16, 2026 and sealed bids due June 24, 2026, valued at an estimated $969,460.94 in federal Head Start appropriations. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions, city and county school boards, Head Start agencies, and correctional facilities, with school nutrition programs dominating the recent activity.

The code sees active procurement across multiple states: Texas (HHSC statewide facilities and El Paso State Supported Living Center), Connecticut (Bridgeport schools), Georgia (Hancock County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Schools, Henry County Schools, Douglas County Schools, and Fulton County Schools ice cream procurement), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program), Oregon (Department of Corrections frozen berries), California (Santa Clara County Sheriff food services), New Jersey (Department of Human Services frozen vegetable distribution), and Alabama (Early County Schools). School districts represent the highest-frequency buyer, with contracts typically spanning July through June fiscal years, covering 30 to 94 school locations per district, and requesting line-item bids on fresh and frozen produce, dairy, proteins, and prepared entrees. The Rockwood R-VI School District grocery procurement (April 29, 2026) encompassed over 900 line items for 6,900 daily lunch participants across nearly 19,000 students; Douglas County Schools food supply and distribution RFP (February 18, 2026) sought a main distributor for 32,000 daily meals across 32 schools with approximately $9,000,000 annual expenditure; and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP (March 4, 2026) for fresh produce and eggs spanning 30 school districts estimated $4.4 million annual spending for Area One alone. Most solicitations require firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, compliance with HACCP, food recall procedures, Buy American provisions where federally funded, liability insurance of $500,000 to $2,000,000, and delivery Monday through Friday to central warehouses and individual school sites between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.