UNSPSC 50341572: Frozen red delicious apples

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

UNSPSC 50341572 Frozen red delicious apples is a Commodity code identifying a single produce item that state and local governments procure almost exclusively as part of larger food service contracts spanning multiple food categories rather than as a standalone line item. Recent state and local solicitations show frozen red delicious apples embedded in comprehensive grocery, produce, and food service bids issued by school districts, state health and human services agencies, county correctional facilities, and Head Start organizations. The issuing bodies span school nutrition programs (independent school districts, county boards of education, regional school systems), state institutional food service (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers), and specialized federal programs (USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, National School Lunch Program). These jurisdictions rarely solicit frozen red delicious apples as a named commodity; instead, they post broad produce and grocery solicitations where apples—fresh or frozen, in varieties such as Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, or Ambrosia—appear as one line item among dozens or hundreds. The code itself is narrowly specific, but actual procurement activity shows frozen apple procurement bundled with fresh produce, vegetables, proteins, dairy, pantry staples, and food service supplies in single multipage IFBs and RFPs.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Savannah-Chatham County, Fulton County, Douglas County school systems) and Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission statewide), with secondary activity in Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Oregon (Department of Corrections), New Jersey (Department of Human Services), and California (Santa Clara County). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 (Big Spring State Hospital groceries, due July 27, 2026), which spans 110+ line items across proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, and produce with a prior-year baseline of $32,226.36; Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP (grocery products for child care, due June 24, 2026), seeking primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers of frozen foods and produce with an estimated $969,460.94 total procurement value; and multiple school district produce contracts such as Hancock County Board of Education IFB SN002-2027 (fresh produce for 2026–27, due June 26, 2026) and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Bid 26-34 (fresh produce with 21,125 cases of Fuji apples estimated annually, due April 23, 2026). Frozen red delicious apples appear as individual line items in these broader solicitations but do not drive procurement volume or strategy independently; vendors pursuing this commodity code must bid competitively on complete fresh and frozen produce assortments within larger food service contracts.