UNSPSC 50341638: Frozen perfection apricots

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

UNSPSC 50341638 Frozen perfection apricots, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within broader food-service procurement. State and local governments buy frozen apricots primarily as part of larger grocery or food-service contracts that span produce, proteins, dairy, and pantry staples for institutional feeding operations—schools, hospitals, correctional facilities, and child-care programs. Frozen apricots do not appear as standalone line items in recent solicitations; instead, they surface as one of hundreds or thousands of line items within comprehensive food-service RFPs and IFBs. The recent opportunities show this code embedded in multi-category grocery solicitations where individual frozen fruits compete alongside dozens of other commodity products under firm-fixed or cost-plus pricing structures. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts (Fulton County Schools Georgia, Hancock County Board of Education Georgia, Bulloch County Board of Education Georgia, Rockwood School District Missouri, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Georgia, Henry County Schools Georgia, City Schools of Decatur Georgia, Early County Board of Education Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education Connecticut, Hillsborough County Public Schools Florida), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers), county correction facilities (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department California), Head Start programs, and school nutrition cooperatives. These issuing bodies represent a mix of independent school districts, county education systems, state-level purchasing on behalf of institutional food service, and regional cooperative vehicles.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia (Fulton County, Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County Schools, City Schools of Decatur, Early County, and Douglas County through cooperative purchasing), with substantial secondary activity in Texas (HHSC statewide solicitations covering multiple state hospitals and supported living centers), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), California (Santa Clara County Corrections), and New Jersey (state nutrition assistance programs). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 (posted July 13, 2026, due July 27, 2026) for groceries including frozen and fresh produce for Big Spring State Hospital under a one-year contract with prior-year spend baseline of $32,226.36; the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB BID052266 (posted June 30, 2026, due June 30, 2026) for over 1,100 grocery line items including frozen products for school food service under National School Lunch Program rules with firm pricing and Net 45 payment terms; and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB SN002-2027 (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items with July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 contract term and firm pricing including all packing and transportation. All recent school nutrition solicitations require Buy American domestic-content provisions (51 percent for processed products), HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility, compliance with USDA Smart Snack or Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards, and delivery to multiple designated school sites on Monday–Friday schedules. Price structures are predominantly firm-fixed for initial contract periods (30–60 days to one year) with permitted adjustments only on subsequent renewal periods or when supported by USDA Marketing Service reports, Consumer Price Index data, or CPI-W/CPI-U indices; contractors bear all packing, freight, and delivery costs. Evaluation criteria across school nutrition solicitations prioritize lowest responsive and responsible bid, vendor past performance, product quality and specification compliance, and delivery reliability, with awards frequently made to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis. No set-asides specific to disadvantaged enterprise categories appear in the recent frozen-fruit-bearing solicitations, though several school districts note encouragement of minority, women-owned, and small-business participation consistent with federal procurement standards.