UNSPSC 50371510: Canned or jarred organic charles ross apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic charles ross apples that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50371510 Canned or jarred organic charles ross apples (Commodity) describes state and local procurement of shelf-stable canned and jarred fruit products, though the recent solicitations do not restrict purchases to the specific "charles ross" variety or organic designation alone — state and local buyers source canned fruit broadly under this code, including applesauce, mixed canned fruits, and fresh-to-frozen apple products for school nutrition, corrections facilities, senior services, and state-supported living centers. The mix of issuing bodies spans county boards of education (Hancock County Schools, Austin Independent School District), state corrections and human services departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Illinois), municipal school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education), county senior services (Gwinnett County Department of Community Services), and state veterans facilities (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy). Activity is concentrated in large state procurement offices handling multi-facility food service contracts, though single-location county and city school districts also solicit regularly.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Southeast and Southwest, with standout activity from Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, and Connecticut. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple ITBs for canned applesauce (May and July 2026, responses due June 2 and July 31), specifying approximately 1,900–4,760 cases per procurement with USDA commodity compliance and firm pricing quoted per case; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a statewide IFB for supplemental food and consumables spanning 210 line items with a three-year contract value ceiling of $4.5 million (response due March 19, 2026); Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners solicited approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including canned vegetables and proteins under informal written quote (due October 19, 2026); and Austin Independent School District requested proposals for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (due July 16, 2026). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content are standard in school nutrition procurements (Hancock County, Bridgeport). Pricing is typically firm fixed for the contract term with adjustments permitted only at renewal, and delivery is FOB Destination with transportation prepaid by the vendor. State and local buyers enforce strict USDA compliance, shelf-life minimums (commonly one year remaining), and nutritional or grade specifications tied to federal school lunch or corrections standards.