UNSPSC 50381962: Paula red apple purees

The variety of apples known as paula red apples which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50381962 Paula red apple purees (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within state and local food procurement, primarily sourced by institutional food service operations—correctional facilities, schools, and health and human services agencies—for bulk meal preparation and distribution. State and local governments are buying canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, and fresh produce items, sometimes branded to specific manufacturer specifications, for consumption in cafeterias, nutrition centers, and institutional kitchens serving incarcerated individuals, students, and vulnerable populations. The issuing-body mix includes state corrections departments, independent school districts, state health and human services commissions, county school systems, and municipal boards of education, with school nutrition programs representing the dominant buyer class. Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Health and Human Services Commission appear as repeat buyers, and school districts across Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Missouri, and Virginia solicit under this code with regularity.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Southwest, particularly Georgia and Texas, where school district nutrition programs issue annual or multi-year RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce, canned and dried fruit products, and specialty items. Representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 (July 31, 2026 response deadline) seeking 4,760 cases of canned applesauce at $21.84 per case historical pricing; Austin Independent School District RFP 27RFP004 (July 16, 2026) for dried fruit bars and apple crisps; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 (July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products including fruit items with a prior-period value of $1.5 million; and Hancock County Board of Education IFB SN002-2027 (June 26, 2026) for fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties and berries across 200 line items. Pricing is typically firm fixed for the contract term with commodity-indexed adjustments permitted only at renewal, and Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed products are standard across school-based and state agency solicitations. Most school districts evaluate on lowest responsive, responsible bid with price as the primary factor, reserve the right to award to single or multiple vendors by line item, and require proof of general liability insurance ranging from $1 million to $2 million with the buying agency named as additional insured.