UNSPSC 50121612: Frozen shellfish

UNSPSC 50121612 Frozen shellfish, a Commodity code, covers the procurement of frozen seafood products — primarily frozen fish and shellfish items — for institutional food service operations including correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, and school nutrition programs. State and local governments buy frozen shellfish and fish products as components of larger institutional meal programs serving thousands of daily participants; recent solicitations show these purchases embedded within broader frozen food or grocery procurement scopes rather than as standalone shellfish-only contracts. The issuing bodies are predominantly state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia Department of Administrative Services, Illinois Chief Procurement Office), school districts (New Haven Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Effingham County Board of Education, Richmond County Board of Education), and special-purpose organizations (Invest Atlanta). School districts are the most frequent repeat buyers in the recent activity block, typically soliciting frozen fish as one line item within comprehensive child nutrition food bids.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Texas. Georgia leads with multiple solicitations from state agencies and school districts, including Georgia Department of Administrative Services' October 2026 RFQ for fish sticks to Georgia Correctional Industries (40,000-pound increments, due October 12, 2026) and state-level grocery procurements. Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued two significant IFBs: HHS0017338 for 106 frozen food product line items serving State Hospitals and State Supported Living Centers statewide (approximately $9 million annual volume, due August 18, 2026) and HHS0017449 for food and consumables at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026). School nutrition programs in Georgia and Connecticut—Early County Board of Education (due June 8, 2026), Effingham County Board of Education (due June 1, 2026), Richmond County Board of Education (due May 27, 2026), and New Haven Board of Education (due June 16, 2026)—regularly solicit frozen seafood products as line items within broader grocery or commodity food bids serving 3,000–19,000 meals daily. Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy procures weekly food orders including frozen items on a brand-or-equal basis (due August 24, 2026). Pricing structures are firm fixed unit rates with delivery included; most school and institutional contracts run July through June with optional renewal periods of one to two years.