UNSPSC 50351589: Frozen organic tydeman red apples

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

UNSPSC 50351589 Frozen organic Tydeman red apples is a Commodity code that encompasses frozen apple products, though recent state and local solicitations under this code show minimal activity specifically aligned to frozen organic varieties. Instead, school districts and municipalities are procuring fresh apples—predominantly Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Ambrosia, and Jazz varieties—as components of broader food-service contracts. State and local buyers under the code's nominal scope include school nutrition programs serving National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, and municipal education procurement offices. The work being solicited spans fresh and frozen fruit procurement for school meals, typically embedded within larger grocery or produce bids that enumerate hundreds of line items across fruits, vegetables, proteins, grains, and supplies. Contracts emphasize USDA compliance (including Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51% domestic agricultural content for processed products), HACCP plan maintenance, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, whole-grain and low-sodium specifications, and food-recall procedures. Deliveries occur Monday through Friday to central warehouses and designated school sites, with pricing firm for 12 months unless major market changes occur with documentation. Bid bonds, liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million per occurrence), E-Verify authorization, and debarment certification are standard requirements.

Recent opportunities under the code cluster in Georgia and Connecticut. The Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited fresh produce including multiple apple varieties under IFB #SN002-2027 with bids due June 26, 2026. The City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) requested bids on grocery items spanning over 1,100 line items for its Board of Education, with bids due June 30, 2026. The Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across two geographic areas, with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, proposals due March 4, 2026. The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia) solicited fresh produce including 21,125 cases of Fuji apples annually under Bid 26-34, bids due April 23, 2026. Additional activity appears in Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District, grocery items due April 29, 2026) and multiple Georgia districts (City Schools of Decatur, Early County Schools, State of Georgia food supplies). The code shows robust school nutrition procurement activity across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, but frozen organic apple solicitations specifically are rare; most opportunities name fresh apple varieties without organic or frozen specifications.