UNSPSC 50341623: Frozen honeycot apricots

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

UNSPSC 50341623 Frozen honeycot apricots, a Commodity code, sees sparse recent state and local procurement activity; the single representative solicitation identifies this specific product line only tangentially within broader institutional food-service buys, not as a line-item focus. State and local institutions purchasing under this code—chiefly state health and human services agencies, county boards of education, and special-purpose food-service programs—do solicit frozen fruit products as components of meal programs serving hospital patients, residents of supported living centers, schoolchildren, and food-assistance beneficiaries, but apricots specifically appear rarely in recent solicitations. Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) represents the most visible buyer, with multiple concurrent bids across state hospitals and supported living centers for supplemental food and consumables that include frozen fruit categories alongside proteins, vegetables, dairy, and prepared entrees; the New Jersey Department of Human Services and Oregon Department of Corrections also issue relevant frozen-commodity solicitations. The New Jersey Division of Family Development issued a rebid for frozen Mixed Vegetables (T1103 26DPP01307, due June 17, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections sought approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples (S2910000017684, bids due August 19, 2026, with prior award to Robbins Sales at $0.797 per pound for 20-pound cases). Frozen-fruit demand emerges most clearly from institutional bulk-purchase tenders supporting nutrition programs rather than from commercial food service or retail channels.

Geographic concentration among recent solicitations centers on Texas (HHSC holding multiple concurrent food-service contracts for state hospitals, supported living centers, and campus programs across the state), with secondary activity in Georgia (Hancock County and Early County school boards), Oregon (Department of Corrections), New Jersey (Department of Human Services), and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education). Bids typically close within 30 to 45 days of posting; HHSC-issued frozen-food solicitations (HHS0017338V1 for 106 line items of frozen products estimated at $9 million annually across 18 qualified ordering entities statewide, due August 18, 2026) and state hospital grocery contracts (HHS0017660V2 for Big Spring State Hospital, due August 28, 2026) establish the largest estimated volumes and contract values. Institutional buyers evaluate frozen-fruit bids primarily on specification compliance, delivery capacity and timeliness, past vendor performance, and price; most require firm fixed pricing inclusive of transportation, F.O.B. destination delivery to multiple facilities, and compliance with food-safety and USDA standards. Activity under this code remains low relative to broader frozen-food and institutional grocery categories, signaling limited standalone market differentiation for apricot-specific procurement.