UNSPSC 50342515: Frozen montmorency cherries

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

UNSPSC 50342515 Frozen montmorency cherries (Commodity) covers specialty frozen fruit products used in public-sector food service operations, though recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal specificity to montmorency cherries alone. School districts, state health and human services agencies, and county corrections departments soliciting frozen fruit purchases typically treat them as one line item within broader grocery or food-supply categories rather than as standalone commodity procurements. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia school districts, and Santa Clara County represent the issuing bodies most active in frozen-fruit food service, spanning state-level institutional feeding (hospitals, state supported living centers) and K–12 nutrition programs. Recent opportunities show frozen fruit included as a subset within larger produce, frozen-food, or grocery line-item solicitations—such as the Texas HHSC supplemental food and consumables bids and the Oregon Department of Corrections' frozen berry procurement—rather than as dedicated commodity codes.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and scattered western states. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S2910000016590 in April 2026 for approximately 40,000 pounds of unsweetened, individually quick frozen berries (blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, Marion berries) in cases ranging 10–60 pounds, due April 23, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. PST, with historical pricing at $0.89 per pound from the prior contractor. The Texas HHSC issued IFB HHS0016792 in February 2026 for supplemental food and consumables across 210 line items including frozen specialty foods and frozen fruits for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with responses due February 23, 2026. School district frozen-fruit purchases appear embedded within broader grocery-item bids (such as Hancock County Schools' fresh produce solicitation and multiple district frozen-foods-and-grocery bids) rather than as isolated frozen-cherry procurements. Activity is episodic and demand-driven by institutional feeding calendars; no standing cooperative agreements or high-frequency individual cherry-specific bids are evident in the recent record.