UNSPSC 50341642: Frozen riland apricots

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

UNSPSC 50341642 Frozen railand apricots, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of frozen stone fruits and specialty produce items for institutional food service. Recent solicitations show this code embedded in broader grocery and frozen-food categories rather than standalone apricot-specific bids; the actual work includes supplying frozen and fresh fruits alongside proteins, vegetables, and prepared foods to state hospitals, school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child care agencies. Issuing bodies span state health and human services commissions, county and city school districts, county corrections departments, and Head Start programs. The mix reflects fragmented demand across multiple institutional verticals—no single buyer dominates, though Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) appears twice in the recent record with statewide food service contracts. Work ranges from 110-item blanket orders for hospital operations to 1,100-line comprehensive grocery bids for school systems, with frozen produce and fruits consistently listed as component line items rather than standalone procurements.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and select urban districts in Connecticut, Missouri, Florida, California, and Oregon. Texas HHSC issued IFBs HHS0017660 (Big Spring State Hospital, bids due July 27, 2026) and HHS0017449 (El Paso State Supported Living Center, proposals due July 11, 2026), both requesting supplemental food and consumables under NIGP classes including frozen items, with prior-year spend baselines of $32,226 and $1.5 million respectively. Georgia school systems—Hancock County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Fulton County—solicited comprehensive school nutrition grocery contracts in February through June 2026, each addressing 50+ line items spanning fresh and frozen produce with response dates between March and June. Douglas County School System in Georgia issued a $9 million annual food supply RFP (26-003, proposals due February 18, 2026) requiring a main-line distributor with refrigerated delivery capacity. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicited 1,100+ grocery items for schools under IFB BNB052266 (bids due June 30, 2026), subject to Buy American and School Lunch Program rules. Head Start of Greater Dallas and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa issued RFPs for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program deliveries and Head Start food procurement ($969,461 estimated value, 26GP pre-bid April 16, 2026; $600,000 FFVP contract, RFP due March 11, 2026). Oregon Department of Corrections solicited 40,000 pounds of frozen fruit berries under ITB S2910000016590 (bids due April 23, 2026), and Santa Clara County solicited dried fruits and nuts for correctional food service under ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 (bids due February 5, 2026). New Jersey's Department of Human Services rebid frozen vegetable procurement (T1103 26DPP01307, bids due June 17, 2026) for nutrition assistance programs. These solicitations establish that state and local governments procure frozen fruits, including specialty items like apricots, as commodity-line entries within large blanket food service and school nutrition contracts, evaluated on compliance, delivery capability, and price rather than as standalone specialty produce awards.