UNSPSC 50381998: Winter apple purees

The variety of winter apple have an intense red color and is one of the sourest apples and, as its name indicates, it can be found during the winter. which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50381998 Winter apple purees (Commodity) is a niche product line seeing modest, scattered state and local procurement activity centered on institutional food service — primarily school nutrition programs and correctional and health-care facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing canned applesauce (sweetened, unsweetened, smooth, or chunky), dried fruit bars, apple crisps, and fresh produce items including multiple apple varieties, all delivered to central warehouses or school sites for meal service operations. The buying bodies span school districts of varying sizes (Austin ISD, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Dallas ISD, Rockwood R-VI, Liberty County, Douglas County, Hancock County), state departments of corrections (Oregon Department of Corrections), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC, Illinois Chief Procurement Office), and county school nutrition programs. Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas HHSC appear as repeat buyers, with HHSC issuing multiple solicitations for supplemental food and consumable products serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide.

Activity clusters in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with recent opportunities posted from Oregon, Texas, Georgia (multiple school districts and counties), Connecticut, Missouri, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 (due July 31, 2026) soliciting 4,760 cases of canned applesauce under firm fixed pricing with Oregon goods and resident-bidder preferences, Austin Independent School District RFP 27RFP004 (due July 16, 2026) for dried fruit bars and apple crisps, and Hancock County Board of Education IFB #SN002-2027 (due June 26, 2026) requesting fresh produce across over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties for school meal service. Most school nutrition solicitations emphasize Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products, firm fixed pricing for the contract period, delivery to multiple school sites on set schedules, and insurance coverage of $1 million to $2 million general commercial liability. School districts typically conduct competitive sealed-bid or RFP processes with awards to lowest responsive and responsible bidders or multiple vendors on a line-item basis, with contract terms generally running one fiscal or school year with optional renewal periods.