UNSPSC 50192602: Frozen prepared potatoes or rice or pasta or stuffing

UNSPSC 50192602 Frozen prepared potatoes or rice or pasta or stuffing is a Commodity code capturing bulk foodservice pasta, rice, and prepared starches that state and local governments procure for institutional kitchens, school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and state hospitals. Recent solicitations show this code funding dried pasta (rotini, spaghetti), frozen prepared entrees, and rice products in case quantities ranging from 40,000 pounds upward, with delivery to central warehouses or multiple facility sites. Issuing bodies include state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies operating state-supported living centers and psychiatric hospitals, county and municipal school districts, and special cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple districts. School districts dominate the recent activity, soliciting under master grocery K-12 contracts and line-item food bids that bundle frozen starches with broader produce, protein, and dairy categories. State agencies—Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, and Georgia's Department of Education procurement offices—also procure under this code for institutional foodservice. Pricing is typically firm fixed per unit or per case for the contract year, with allowances for documented market escalation at renewal periods and compliance with Buy American and USDA commodity grading requirements standard across most school and state-hospital procurement.

Recent activity spans multiple states with concentration in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017454 on July 10, 2026, for 40,000 pounds of rotini pasta at $0.51 per pound historical cost, due July 24, 2026, with ten percent preference applied for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered bidders. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 on June 11, 2026, requesting food and consumable products including pasta items for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million, due July 13, 2026. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Board of Education solicited grocery items including frozen prepared products through IFB BNB052266 due June 30, 2026, supporting the National School Lunch Program with Buy American and nutrition-compliance requirements. Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia issued Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 on April 6, 2026, requiring bidders to stock 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens across a July 2026 to June 2027 term at firm fixed pricing. Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited over 900 line items including prepared starches on April 29, 2026, serving 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants daily. School districts consistently require Monday-through-Friday delivery, compliance with Child Nutrition labels and USDA standards, and firm pricing for 365 days with optional adjustments at renewal based on USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index documentation.