UNSPSC 50361571: Canned or jarred red chief apples

The variety of apples known as red chief apples that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50361571 Canned or jarred red chief apples, a Commodity code, represents shelf-stable apple products that state and local governments procure for food service operations across institutional settings including schools, corrections facilities, state hospitals, senior services, and veterans homes. The work being bought under this code consists of canned applesauce (the dominant product line in recent solicitations), dried apple products such as apple crisps, and branded or equivalent canned apple items for bulk institutional food supply. Issuing bodies span state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, State of Georgia), county and municipal education systems (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Austin Independent School District in Texas, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), county social services (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), and specialized state institutions (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy, Texas state supported living centers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice). No single issuing body dominates recent activity; instead, the code sees distributed procurement across multiple institutional buyers within states that operate food service programs at scale.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Pacific Northwest. Oregon Department of Corrections has solicited canned applesauce repeatedly (ITBs in May and July 2026), establishing a pattern as a repeat buyer. Texas procurement appears frequently across multiple agencies (HHSC, TDCJ, Comptroller) purchasing broad food categories that include apple products. Georgia, Illinois, and Connecticut round out the geographic spread with school district and state agency food service solicitations. Representative recent opportunities include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016975 for 1,904 cases of canned fruit applesauce due June 2, 2026 (historical pricing $21.827 per case with five percent state-of-origin and resident-bidder preferences), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned products due October 19, 2026 via informal written quote to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center, and Texas HHSC IFB HHS0016792v2 for 210 line items of supplemental food and consumables with a March 19, 2026 deadline and maximum contract value of $4.5 million over three years. Illinois Chief Procurement Office solicited weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy on brand-specific and brand-or-equal bases (multiple quarterly awards from June through August 2026). Austin Independent School District issued RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026.