UNSPSC 50351518: Frozen organic delicious apples

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

UNSPSC 50351518 Frozen organic delicious apples, a Commodity code, names a single produce item but state and local governments buy it as part of much broader food-procurement programs spanning fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy, and shelf-stable staples — typically for school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food service. The code shows little recent standalone activity; instead, frozen apples (when present) appear as line items within larger RFQs and IFBs issued by school districts, county boards of education, and county social-services departments. Issuing bodies include state purchasing offices (notably Georgia), county boards of education (Hancock County, Early County in Georgia; multiple others), county departments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Department of Community Services), and municipal boards of education (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut). These buyers rarely solicit frozen apples in isolation; they aggregate produce, proteins, dairy, and ancillary products into contracts spanning 100 to 1,100+ line items, with pricing evaluated on a per-unit or per-ounce basis, firm pricing for the contract term, and delivery to central warehouses or school sites on defined schedules (typically Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.).

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut. The Georgia State Purchasing Office posted a food, supplies, and kitchen-products RFB (PE55045NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026) that did not detail line items in the summary. Hancock County Board of Education issued an IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties (PE67080NONST2027000000013, due June 26, 2026); Early County Board of Education solicited approximately 300+ food items and non-food supplies (PE55045NONST2027000000006, due June 8, 2026). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) issued an RFQ for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables (PE77023NONST2027000000782, due October 19, 2026). The City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) sought bids on grocery items spanning over 1,100 line items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, subject to Buy American and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026). Vendors competing under this code face strict compliance requirements: Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed items), HACCP plans, liability insurance ($500,000 to $2,000,000 depending on jurisdiction), E-Verify authorization, and nutrition-standard certification; pricing is firm for the contract term, no separate fuel surcharges are permitted, and award typically goes to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.