UNSPSC 50341643: Frozen rival apricots

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

UNSPSC 50341643 Frozen rival apricots is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual scope of state and local food procurement activity in the recent opportunities record. The code's nominal scope is a single frozen fruit product, but the opportunities posted under or near this classification encompass broad institutional food service for schools, state hospitals, supported living centers, parks, and senior services—spanning proteins, prepared entrees, fresh produce, dairy, pantry staples, beverages, and disposable serviceware across hundreds of line items per solicitation. State and local issuing bodies acquiring frozen food products include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Bridgeport Board of Education), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections), counties (Gwinnett County, Collier County), Head Start organizations, and special-purpose agencies (New Jersey Department of Human Services). The work solicited ranges from commodity food supply contracts for state institutional networks to small-scale produce procurement for individual school districts, with contract terms typically running one to three years and allowing renewal options. Evaluation commonly weighs specification compliance, delivery capacity, price, and past performance; many solicitations include Buy American or domestic-preference provisions and set-asides or evaluation points for small businesses, minority-owned, or woman-owned vendors where applicable.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, where the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for frozen and fresh food products to state hospitals and supported living centers (HHS0017338V1 posted July 17, 2026, for frozen food products with estimated annual volume of approximately $9 million; HHS0017660V2 posted August 13, 2026, for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital with historical spend of $32,226.36; HHS0017799 and HHS0017798 both posted August 4, 2026, for canteen and food service groceries at Mexia State Supported Living Center), Georgia (Gwinnett County's informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026), Oregon (Oregon Department of Corrections' solicitation for 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples posted August 5, 2026, due August 19, 2026), Florida (Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park posted October 8, 2026, with proposals due March 6, 2025—a date in the past, indicating possible rebid or amendment), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery-items IFB posted June 30, 2026, due same day), New Jersey (Department of Human Services' frozen-vegetables rebid posted May 15, 2026, due June 17, 2026), and Texas-based Head Start (Greater Dallas' IFB for grocery products posted June 24, 2026, due same day, with estimated procurement value of $969,460.94). The code itself shows little relevance to the actual procurement activity; frozen apricots as a discrete line item do not drive state and local food service contracting.