UNSPSC 50561565: Non GMO pippin apple purees

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO pippin apples which have been pureed

UNSPSC 50561565 Non GMO pippin apple purees (Commodity) covers canned and processed apple products—applesauce, fruit bars, and fresh produce—that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing canned applesauce under fixed unit pricing, dried fruit bars and apple crisps for K–12 school nutrition, and fresh produce including multiple apple varieties (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Jazz) for school districts and state-supported living facilities. The issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and health and human services, independent school districts, county school systems, and regional purchasing cooperatives; repeat buyers include the Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County), and larger districts such as Fairfax County Public Schools, Austin ISD, and Dallas ISD. Buy American requirements and domestic-content preferences appear across all recent solicitations, with minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content mandated for processed products in school nutrition procurements.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with the heaviest volume in Georgia and Texas school districts. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (due July 31, 2026, with 5 percent state-goods and 5 percent resident-business preferences), Austin Independent School District RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (due July 16, 2026), Douglas County School System RFP for fresh produce across 30 districts totaling approximately $4.4 million estimated annual spend for Area One (due March 4, 2026), and Hancock County Board of Education IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce including multiple apple varieties (due June 26, 2026). Pricing is consistently firm-fixed for contract term with FOB destination delivery prepaid by contractor; school district contracts run July 1 through June 30 annually with typical renewal options of one to four additional one-year terms. Standard insurance minimums range from $1 million commercial general liability per occurrence to $2 million aggregate, and all vendors must comply with USDA commodity specifications, FDA/USDA standards, HACCP plans where required, and E-Verify federal work authorization.