UNSPSC 50342518: Frozen ruby bing cherries

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

UNSPSC 50342518 Frozen ruby bing cherries is a Commodity code that describes a narrow produce input for institutional food service and nutrition assistance programs across state and local agencies. Recent opportunities under this code show state and local buyers acquiring frozen produce items—chiefly frozen vegetables, apples, and mixed-vegetable assortments—as components of broader food and consumable procurement contracts for state hospitals, state-supported living centers, school districts, and food-assistance programs. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) dominates the recent activity, issuing multiple IFBs for frozen food products covering dozens of line items alongside fresh and shelf-stable groceries; frozen vegetables and fruits appear as line-item components within those broader institutional meal-service contracts rather than standalone commodity purchases. School districts, county boards of education, and state nutrition-assistance agencies constitute the issuing-body mix, alongside state health agencies managing institutional food service for hospitals and supported living centers. State agencies and public education dominate; county and municipal food services appear less frequently in the recorded opportunities.

Activity concentrates in the South and Southwest, with Texas, Georgia, and New Jersey showing the most recent bid activity. The Texas HHSC has posted at least six separate IFBs since July 2026 covering frozen food products, supplemental foods, and groceries for multiple state facilities, with individual contract values ranging from $32,226.36 annually (Big Spring State Hospital) to an estimated $9 million annually (statewide frozen food products). The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples due August 19, 2026, under S2910000017684, offering Oregon-goods and resident-bidder preferences worth up to 10 percent combined. The New Jersey Department of Human Services issued a partial-rebid IFB for frozen mixed vegetables (T1103 26DPP01307) due June 17, 2026, targeting nutrition-assistance distribution programs. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) and Early County Board of Education (Georgia) sought fresh produce line-by-line bids in June 2026 covering 200+ items per district as part of National School Lunch and Breakfast Program support. The activity reflects steady institutional demand for frozen produce as cost-effective, shelf-stable components of high-volume meal service, though frozen cherries specifically do not surface in the posted opportunities; the code's recent procurement centers on mixed frozen vegetables, apples, and broader frozen fruit and vegetable assortments rather than single-variety specialty fruit.