UNSPSC 50351544: Frozen organic jester apples

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

UNSPSC 50351544 Frozen organic jester apples, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within school nutrition procurement, though the recent opportunities block shows no direct solicitations explicitly naming frozen organic jester apples or frozen apples as a standalone line item. The code maps to frozen produce supply for K–12 school districts under National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program contracts. State and local governments procuring under this code buy frozen specialty apple products as components of broader school nutrition supply agreements—typically as part of comprehensive fresh and frozen produce bids, breakfast-program components, or commodity-line items within multi-category grocery solicitations. The issuing bodies are school districts, school boards, and district-level child nutrition services across multiple states, with no dominant repeat buyer visible in the recent opportunities. The procurement pattern reflects how frozen produce, including specialty apple varieties, flows into school cafeteria operations through aggregated food-service contracts rather than as standalone category purchases.

Recent activity shows school districts in Georgia (Douglas County School System, Hancock County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, City Schools of Decatur, Early County Board of Education), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases for the Bridgeport Board of Education), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District) issuing IFBs and RFPs for fresh produce, frozen foods, and grocery items during March–June 2026. Representative solicitations include the Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) spanning over 200 fresh produce line items including multiple apple varieties; the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026), covering 30 school districts across two Georgia areas with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending; and the Rockwood R-VI School District grocery items bid (posted March 31, 2026, due April 29, 2026) encompassing over 900 line items across fruits, vegetables, and prepared products for approximately 6,900 daily lunch and 900 daily breakfast participants. All contracts require Buy American compliance (typically 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed products), firm fixed pricing throughout the contract term (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027), HACCP plans, and delivery to multiple school sites with no separate fuel surcharges.