UNSPSC 50341604: Frozen black apricots

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

UNSPSC 50341604 Frozen black apricots is a Commodity code covering the procurement of frozen black apricots by state and local entities, primarily through school districts and state institutional food service buyers. State and local governments under this code are purchasing frozen fruit for integration into child nutrition programs, institutional meal service, and fresh-fruit-program distributions, sourced as discrete commodity line items within broader grocery and food-supply solicitations rather than as standalone specialty-item procurements.

Recent activity under the code clusters among school districts (Bulloch County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Henry County Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, City Schools of Decatur, and Hillsborough County Public Schools), state health and human services agencies operating institutional facilities (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for Big Spring State Hospital and El Paso State Supported Living Center), and Head Start providers (Head Start of Greater Dallas). The mix reflects the concentration of institutional food-service procurement in K–12 nutrition programs funded through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Geographic spread is weighted toward the Southeast—Georgia (Bulloch, Hancock, Early, Savannah-Chatham, Henry, Decatur counties), Texas (HHSC statewide), and Missouri (Rockwood)—with secondary activity in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital due July 27, 2026, which specified approximately 110 line items across proteins, prepared foods, dairy, and pantry staples with a prior-year baseline of $32,226.36; Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB 26-GP for frozen foods and produce covering approximately 32,409 cases of product with an estimated value of $969,460.94 and a bid deadline of June 24, 2026; and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's Bid 26-34 for 72 fresh produce items with annual quantities reaching 21,125 cases for certain items and sealed bids due April 23, 2026. Frozen apricots do not appear as a standalone line item in any posted solicitation; they are absorbed within commodity-class aggregations (NIGP classes 375–15, 380–30, 385–30/42/47/48/95) under generic frozen-fruit or canned-and-frozen-vegetable categories.