UNSPSC 50341602: Frozen apache apricots

The variety of apricots known as apache apricots that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341602 Frozen apache apricots is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy frozen fruit products—specifically frozen apples, mixed vegetables, and broader frozen food inventories for institutional food service—under this narrow commodity classification, though the recent opportunities show the code is applied more broadly to frozen-food procurement. Issuing bodies soliciting under the code span state health and human services departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections), county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Early County Board of Education in Georgia), county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, Collier County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), a city education department (City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), and a federal Head Start grantee (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc.). State-level institutions—particularly Texas HHSC-managed state hospitals and state supported living centers—account for the heaviest recent solicitation volume, with multiple IFBs posted in the past four months for frozen and fresh food products to supply institutional feeding programs.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Florida, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Texas HHSC dominates recent volume with seven separate IFBs for food and consumable products across multiple state facilities between May and August 2026, representing estimated historical spend ranging from $32,226 to $9 million annually per facility. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017338 (Frozen Food Products, posted July 17, 2026, bid due August 18, 2026) seeking 106 line items of frozen baked goods, proteins, and vegetables for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide with estimated annual volume of approximately $9 million; the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB S2910000017684 (Apples, Frozen, posted August 5, 2026, bid due August 19, 2026) for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples with a 5% combined Oregon-goods and Oregon-resident-bidder preference; and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote solicitation PE77023NONST2027000000782 (Purchase of Food Items, posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026) for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and frozen food products. School districts and state institutions represent the primary buyers, with procurement concentrated on firm fixed-price contracts running calendar or fiscal year terms with optional renewals, competitive bids evaluated on specification and delivery compliance alongside price, and Buy American provisions or regional sourcing preferences applied in education-sector procurements.