UNSPSC 50342523: Frozen stella cherries

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

UNSPSC 50342523 Frozen stella cherries (Commodity) represents a narrowly defined frozen fruit product that state and local procurement systems occasionally tag to larger food service solicitations, though rarely as a standalone line item. When the code appears in recent state and local opportunities, it typically clusters within comprehensive grocery or frozen-food procurements serving institutional food operations—school districts, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and child care programs—rather than as a discrete cherry commodity. The scope of work under this code spans supply of frozen cherry products meeting USDA grades and food safety standards (HACCP compliance, minimum shelf life, temperature control upon delivery), packaged in bulk cases for institutional kitchens, with firm fixed pricing and delivery to central warehouses or multiple school and facility sites.

Issuing bodies pursuing frozen fruit procurement span state health and human services agencies, county school boards, municipal school systems, transit and correctional authorities, and Head Start operators across the South and Midwest. Recent activity concentrates in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission procurements for state hospitals and supported living centers under IFBs HHS0017660, HHS0017449, and HHS0016792), Georgia (multiple school districts including Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Early County, Henry County, and City Schools of Decatur), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District). Representative opportunities include the Texas HHSC's July 2026 IFB for FY27 groceries covering 110+ food line items for Big Spring State Hospital with a prior-year baseline of $32,226 (due July 27, 2026); the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for 1,100+ grocery items for school nutrition supporting the National School Lunch Program (due June 30, 2026); Head Start of Greater Dallas' June 2026 IFB for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods and produce across primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers with estimated procurement value of $969,460.94 (due June 24, 2026); and Hancock County Schools' June 2026 IFB for fresh produce encompassing 200+ line items with contract period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 (due June 26, 2026). None of the recent opportunities target frozen stella cherries as a named commodity; all tag the code within broader food-service aggregations where frozen fruit appears as one component among proteins, produce, dairy, and staple items.