UNSPSC 50192702: Frozen combination meals

UNSPSC 50192702 Frozen combination meals is a Commodity code representing prepared frozen food products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service — primarily schools, senior centers, state hospitals, and state supported living centers. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing frozen entrees, specialty meals, breakfast items, and prepared proteins as components of broader grocery and food service contracts rather than as standalone commodity purchases. The code captures frozen prepared dishes such as burritos, corn dogs, specialty entrees, and pre-made meal components that meet nutritional compliance standards for child nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional facilities.

State and local issuing bodies under this code span school districts (Northside Independent School District in Texas, Conejo Valley Unified in California, New Haven Board of Education in Connecticut, multiple Georgia county school systems), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission procuring for state hospitals and supported living centers), county boards of education, senior services divisions (Pasco County Senior Services in Florida), and child care programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas). Recent activity concentrates heavily in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017338 for frozen food products across 18 qualified ordering entities statewide (due August 18, 2026, with estimated annual volume of approximately $9 million), the Northside Independent School District IFB 2026-061 for food and prepared meals via food trucks and catering (due June 11, 2026), and the Conejo Valley Unified School District RFP 2026-04 for broadline products distribution encompassing approximately 399 line items including frozen items (due May 14, 2026). Georgia school nutrition programs dominate the recent-opportunity block, with multiple county boards issuing food bids that include frozen combination meal components — Colquitt County, Early County, Burke County, Candler County, Effingham County, and Tattnall County — all for 2026-27 school year procurement with June response dates. Texas state-level procurement through HHSC and the Department of Criminal Justice accounts for largest single-contract values, with HHSC frozen food procurement reaching potential contract values of $19 million over three years and TDCJ cafeteria food products covering multiple warehouse distribution points across five geographic regions.