UNSPSC 50341587: Frozen tsugaru apples

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

UNSPSC 50341587 Frozen tsugari apples, a Commodity code, covers procurement of specialty frozen fruit products for institutional food service operations — most directly for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and state-supported living centers. State and local governments soliciting under this code span school districts of widely varying sizes, county and municipal systems, state health and human services commissions, Head Start providers, and correctional facilities. Recent activity shows heavy concentration among K-12 school nutrition programs, which dominate the opportunity flow, alongside periodic large-volume procurements by state health agencies for hospital and residential care facilities.

Geographic spread is concentrated in the Southeast and South, with notable activity in Georgia (Hancock County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Douglas County School System, Fulton County Schools), Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for Big Spring State Hospital and El Paso State Supported Living Center, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), alongside isolated West Coast activity (Santa Clara County, Oregon Department of Corrections). Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for approximately 110 line items of groceries and food service supplies for Big Spring State Hospital with bids due July 27, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. Central Time (historical annual spend $32,226.36); the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services with bids due June 30, 2026 and Buy American requirements mandating at least 51 percent domestic agricultural ingredients; and Head Start of Greater Dallas' IFB 26-GP for frozen foods, produce, and meat products under the Child and Adult Care Food Program with sealed bids due June 24, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., estimated procurement value $969,460.94, and evaluation weighting unit price (5 points), product quality (4), delivery and service (3), specification compliance (2), and small/minority/woman-owned status (1). The code shows consistent activity centered on school-year contracting cycles (primarily spring solicitations for July 1 start dates) and episodic multi-million-dollar state-level food-service awards.