UNSPSC 50341519: Frozen duchess apples

The variety of apples known as duchess apples that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341519 Frozen duchess apples (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within institutional food procurement, though recent state and local activity shows limited direct solicitation for this specific variety. When frozen apples do appear in solicitations, they serve cafeteria, hospital, and residential-facility food service operations. The sourcing is concentrated among a small number of state correctional, health and human services, and school district buyers who issue periodic blanket or requirements contracts for frozen fruit alongside broader frozen-food categories. Issuing bodies span Texas Health and Human Services Commission statewide facilities (state hospitals and supported living centers), the Oregon Department of Corrections, and school nutrition programs in Georgia and Connecticut. These agencies typically procure frozen fruit as one line item within 90-to-200-item food-service solicitations rather than as standalone dedicated buys, and they often permit substitutions or equivalent products meeting USDA commodity specifications.

Geographic activity centers on Texas (multiple HHSC state-facility food contracts), Oregon (ODOC procurement for Central Distribution), and scattered school district activity in the Southeast and Northeast. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a recent IFB (S2910000017684, due August 19, 2026) for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples to the ODOC Central Distribution Center in Salem, with a 10% combined preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and resident bidders; pricing was historically $0.797 per pound, and the prior awardee was Robbins Sales. Texas HHSC has issued multiple food-service IFBs (HHS0017338, HHS0017660, HHS0017799) covering frozen products and groceries for state hospitals and supported living centers, though frozen apples are typically embedded as one commodity within frozen-vegetable or broader frozen-food line items rather than called out separately. School districts including Hancock County (Georgia) and Early County (Georgia) procure fresh and frozen produce, but recent visible activity favors fresh apple varieties (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp) over frozen duchess. Current procurement velocity under this code is low; most recent opportunities treat frozen duchess apples as an optional or secondary sourcing line rather than a primary procurement driver.