UNSPSC 50341554: Frozen macoun apples

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

UNSPSC 50341554 Frozen macoun apples, a Commodity code, describes fresh and frozen fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and child nutrition assistance initiatives. Recent solicitations show school districts, state health and human services agencies, and county boards of education sourcing frozen and fresh fruit—including apples, berries, and mixed produce—as core menu items in child nutrition programs serving breakfast and lunch across dozens of school sites. The work being solicited spans single-item commodity purchases (frozen berries, dried fruits, apples by variety) to comprehensive multi-hundred-line-item grocery and produce contracts where apples and frozen fruits represent one category among many. Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), county school boards (Hancock County, Early County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, Fulton County in Georgia; Bridgeport and Rockwood school districts), municipal or cooperative purchasing agents, detention facilities, state-supported living centers, and Head Start organizations. School nutrition programs dominate the recent opportunity set, with secondary buyers including state hospitals, correctional facilities, and child care providers.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with recent bids from Hancock, Early, Bulloch, Douglas, Savannah-Chatham, and Decatur school systems in Georgia and multiple HHSC and DSHS facilities across Texas. The code also shows activity in California (Santa Clara County detention facility), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Missouri (Rockwood School District), and Florida (Hillsborough County). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026), which spans approximately 110 line items including produce; the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (bids due June 26, 2026) covering over 200 items including multiple apple varieties; and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across two Georgia areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One (bids due March 4, 2026, now closed). Solicitations are issued as IFBs and RFPs with firm fixed pricing, Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, and delivery requirements typically Monday through Friday during school hours or facility operating times. Competition is broad-based with no identified set-asides limiting eligibility to minority or disadvantaged vendors in the posted documents.