UNSPSC 50341550: Frozen lady apples

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

UNSPSC 50341550 Frozen lady apples, a Commodity code, appears in state and local procurement almost exclusively as a line item within much larger grocery and food service solicitations rather than as a standalone procurement category. Recent opportunities show this code nested within comprehensive food bids for school districts, state health and human services facilities, county corrections departments, and Head Start programs, where frozen apples compete with dozens or hundreds of other food products on single purchasing vehicles. State and local buyers source frozen apples as part of institutional meal programs—school breakfasts and lunches, hospital and long-term care facility kitchens, correctional institution food services, and child nutrition programs—where they serve as standardized, shelf-stable produce options meeting USDA commodity requirements and Smart Snack compliance standards. Issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through high school systems across multiple states), state health and human services commissions and state supported living centers, county boards of education, and county correction departments. Repeat buyers span Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Florida, Connecticut, and New Jersey, with school nutrition programs driving the majority of recent activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), which covered frozen and fresh fruits among 110 line items on a blanket contract; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026), which specified multiple apple varieties including Fuji and Granny Smith across 200+ line items for school delivery; and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts (due March 4, 2026), where apples appeared as one of approximately 72 commodity lines with estimated annual volume of $4.4 million for one geographic area.

Frozen lady apples do not appear as a discrete line item in any of the recent postings reviewed, nor does the code see activity as a primary procurement focus. The sourcing pattern shows frozen apples subsumed within multi-thousand-line institutional food contracts where pricing is firm-fixed or cost-plus-market-adjustment, delivery windows are narrow (typically 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday–Friday), and vendors must comply with HACCP, Buy American provisions, USDA food safety standards, nutrition labeling, and 24/7 recall accessibility. School districts and state health agencies typically award to single or multiple vendors on a lowest-responsive-and-responsible or best-value basis, with contract terms running July 1 to June 30 or September 1 to August 31 and renewal options extending two to four years. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, where school district procurement volume is highest. Pursuit is warranted only for vendors with institutional food distribution infrastructure, compliance certification, temperature-controlled logistics, and the scale to serve 20+ delivery locations; standalone frozen-apple suppliers will find limited traction in this tier of procurement, where the commodity is a line item within much larger supplier relationships.