UNSPSC 50342510: Frozen king cherries

The variety of cherries known as king cherries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50342510 Frozen king cherries is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of specialty frozen fruit products for institutional food service. However, the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly seeking frozen king cherries. Instead, the activity under this code reflects state and local governments buying a much broader range of frozen and fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and pantry staples through school nutrition programs, state hospital and correctional facility food services, and child care nutrition programs. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state health and human services agencies. Texas leads with multiple state hospital and supported living center solicitations from the Health and Human Services Commission; Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Henry County, Savannah-Chatham County, Fulton County, Douglas County, and Early County) represent substantial ongoing grocery and produce procurement; and Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, California, Oregon, North Carolina, and New Jersey round out the geographic spread. State and local governments are buying complete meal-support provisions—fresh and frozen vegetables, fruits, proteins, dairy, prepared items, and food service supplies—across federal nutrition programs (National School Lunch, School Breakfast, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, CACFP, Head Start) and institutional operations.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (bid due July 27, 2026) spanning approximately 110 line items with a prior-year baseline of $32,226.36, and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items with electronic submission due June 30, 2026, requiring Buy American compliance and HHFKA nutrition standards. The Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Douglas County, Georgia food supply contracts reflect the largest scope—$9 million annually for Douglas County's 32,000 meals daily and $4.4–$1.1 million annually for produce-only cooperative buys across 30 Georgia districts. Head Start of Greater Dallas seeks primary, secondary, and tertiary frozen-food suppliers for approximately 32,409 cases annually ($969,460.94 estimated value, sealed bids June 24, 2026). School nutrition solicitations dominate the recent activity, with firm fixed pricing, Buy American and HHFKA compliance, HACCP and food recall requirements, and insurance minimums of $500,000–$2 million standard across all issuing bodies. Contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30 with two to four optional renewal periods. The code shows consistent, high-volume procurement activity across state and local agencies with well-established compliance frameworks and recurring annual cycles aligned to school and institutional fiscal years.