UNSPSC 50341646: Frozen royal blenheim apricots

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

UNSPSC 50341646 Frozen royal blenheim apricots is a Commodity code capturing specialized frozen fruit procurement by state agencies, school districts, and correctional facilities across the United States. State and local governments acquire frozen apricots and other frozen fruit products as components of broader grocery and food service contracts rather than as standalone line items; the code sits within a landscape where frozen produce, dried fruits, and specialty food items are purchased through institution-wide food supply solicitations serving hospitals, schools, correctional facilities, and nutrition assistance programs. Issuing bodies span state health and human services commissions, county school districts, municipal school systems, county correctional authorities, and special-purpose nutrition programs such as Head Start and the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears repeatedly as a high-volume buyer of supplemental food and consumables for state-operated institutions, with recent procurement activity in the family also showing substantial engagement from Georgia county school systems and Florida school districts.

Recent opportunities reveal that frozen fruit procurement occurs within much larger, line-item-based food service contracts rather than narrow commodity buys. The Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017660 (Big Spring State Hospital groceries, due July 27, 2026) and HHS0017449 (El Paso State Supported Living Center food and consumables, due July 11, 2026) both treat frozen produce as one component among dozens of food categories; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016590 (frozen berries, due April 23, 2026) represents a rare single-commodity procurement for approximately 40,000 pounds of unsweetened individually quick frozen berries at $0.89 per pound (historical pricing), with delivery to Salem. School nutrition programs in Georgia—Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce bid (due June 26, 2026), Early County Board of Education food procurement (due June 8, 2026), and Bulloch County Board of Education School Food Authority (due May 4, 2026)—all solicit frozen produce as line items within comprehensive grocery bids spanning 200–900+ SKUs. Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and California, with secondary activity in Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and Oregon. The code shows little recent activity as a standalone procurement vehicle; frozen apricots and similar frozen stone fruits appear embedded in institution-wide food service contracts evaluated on lowest responsive price, vendor experience, delivery capability, and compliance with USDA nutrition and food safety standards.