UNSPSC 50121612: Frozen shellfish

UNSPSC 50121612 Frozen shellfish is a Commodity code that covers frozen seafood products delivered directly to institutional food service operations, including school districts, state health and human services facilities, and municipal markets. State and local procurement activity under this code is concentrated in school nutrition programs sourcing frozen fish and shellfish as part of broader food-service contracts, and in state institutional facilities (hospitals, supported living centers) procuring frozen seafood as a line item within comprehensive food supply solicitations. Recent opportunities show frozen shellfish and frozen fish appearing as components of larger food procurement efforts rather than as standalone line items—for example, the New Haven Public Schools Child Nutrition Program's June 2026 RFP for commodity food items explicitly included frozen fish among over 200 line items across 14 product categories, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's supplemental food procurement for state hospitals and supported living centers specified frozen specialty foods including seafood products among 210 line items.

School districts across Georgia dominate recent activity under this code, with issuing bodies including the Houston County School District, Dougherty County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Effingham County Board of Education, Richmond County Board of Education, Lamar County School District, and the City Schools of Decatur—all posting IFB or RFQ notices for food procurement in spring 2026 with response deadlines between April and June 2026. The Douglas County School System issued RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution services with a response deadline of February 18, 2026, for approximately $9 million in annual expenditure serving 32,000 meals daily. State-level procurement appears in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing supplemental food procurement for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with estimated maximum value of $4.5 million over three years) and Georgia (State of Georgia issuing IFB Food IFB #1 for food products across state agencies and institutions in April 2026). Municipal and county-level procurement is also active: Invest Atlanta issued an RFP in July 2026 for food distribution and municipal market retail operations in designated Priority Communities, including requirements for food distributors to source products from Georgia-based producers. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners posted supplemental grocery procurement in March 2026. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (school districts in Houston County, Dougherty County, Early County, Effingham County, Richmond County, Lamar County, Decatur, and Douglas County; Invest Atlanta in Atlanta; Gwinnett County; State of Georgia statewide procurement), with secondary activity in Texas (state-level HHSC and DSHS procurement), Connecticut (New Haven Public Schools and Board of Education), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services in spring 2026).