UNSPSC 50341600: Frozen apricots

The oval orange-colored fruit of a temperate-zone tree (prunus armeniaca) resembling the related peach and plum in flavor that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341600 Frozen apricots, a Class code, does not reflect the actual procurement activity in the recent opportunities block. State and local governments soliciting under this code are not buying frozen apricots; instead, they are procuring comprehensive food and consumable product lines—including proteins, dairy, produce, frozen foods, pantry staples, beverages, and food service supplies—to support school nutrition programs, state institutional food service, and child care feeding operations. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, Douglas County School System, Fulton County Schools, City Schools of Decatur, Early County Board of Education, Henry County Schools), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and a federal Head Start operator (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc.), with limited activity from correctional facilities and county departments. The solicitations are structured as Invitations for Bid (IFB), Requests for Proposal (RFP), and line-item competitive procurements, with response dates typically 30 to 60 days from posting. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, accounting for the majority of recent posted opportunities, with Texas state agencies (HHSC and DSHS) conducting large statewide food service procurements.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, California, New Jersey, and other states, with the heaviest concentration in Georgia school districts. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for approximately 110 line items of groceries and food service supplies for Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026, with prior-year spend of $32,226.36); the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's competitive grocery bid for over 1,100 line items supporting the National School Lunch Program, posted June 30, 2026, with Buy American compliance and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards; Head Start of Greater Dallas' IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products meeting Child and Adult Care Food Program requirements (due June 24, 2026, estimated value $969,460.94); the Rockwood R-VI School District's solicitation for over 900 line items of grocery items and prepared entrees for approximately 7,800 daily meal participants (due April 29, 2026); and the Douglas County School System RFP 26-003 for a main-line food distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools with estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000. The code shows substantial and consistent procurement activity from institutional food service buyers, but the mismatch between the UNSPSC code name and the actual scope of goods being purchased signals potential taxonomic misclassification in how state and local procurement offices are tagging these opportunities.