UNSPSC 50381983: Starking apple purees

The variety of apples known as starking apples which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50381983 Starking apple purees, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of apple-based food products for institutional food service, ranging from canned applesauce in bulk foodservice formats to dried fruit bars, apple crisps, and fresh produce components serving schools, corrections facilities, and health and human services institutions. Recent solicitations show active demand across correctional systems, school nutrition programs, and state-operated healthcare facilities for applesauce and apple products meeting USDA commodity specifications, Buy American domestic-content requirements, and strict nutritional standards. Issuing bodies span state corrections departments, independent school districts, health and human services commissions, county school boards, and regional educational cooperatives, with particular concentration among K-12 school nutrition programs procuring food service staples under firm fixed-price annual contracts, often with options to renew for multiple additional years. Issuing bodies characteristically apply state and local vendor preferences (Oregon fabrication and residency preferences in corrections purchasing), Buy American domestic-content thresholds, minority and women-owned business encouragement through M/WBE evaluation criteria and SBO program participation, and cooperative purchasing frameworks such as regional buying consortia that extend contracts across multiple school districts.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Texas, with recent solicitations from Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Department of Criminal Justice, Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), and multiple Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Douglas County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County), alongside activity in Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education), Illinois (Chief Procurement Office), and Texas school districts (Austin ISD, Dallas ISD). Representative opportunities include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce due July 31, 2026, at $21.84 per case historical pricing; Austin Independent School District RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026; and Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (via GEC Buying Cooperative) for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million ($4.4 million Area One, $1.1 million Area Two), due March 4, 2026. Contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30 on annual cycles with renewal options, firm fixed pricing for twelve months, FOB destination delivery, and payment within 30 days of invoice receipt.