UNSPSC 50342705: Frozen lingonberries

The variety of cranberries known as lingonberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50342705 Frozen lingonberries is a Commodity code that maps to state and local procurement of specialty frozen fruit products for institutional food service. Recent solicitations under this code span institutional cafeteria operations, school nutrition programs, and correctional facilities, where frozen berries and other specialty frozen fruits appear as line items within larger grocery and food-service procurement efforts rather than as standalone commodity buys. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state institutional agencies—the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, county boards of education in Georgia, city school systems, and correctional departments—that bundle frozen fruit procurement within comprehensive food-supply contracts. The code shows activity across Texas, Georgia, California, Missouri, and Florida, with school nutrition programs representing the most frequent recent issuing body. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), which spans frozen foods and specialty items across approximately 110 line items with a prior-year baseline of $32,226.36, and the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016590 (due April 23, 2026) for one full truckload of frozen fruit berries—40,000 pounds of unsweetened, individually quick frozen berries at a historical benchmark of $0.89 per pound, representing approximately $35,600 in anticipated value.

Frozen lingonberries appear in institutional procurement primarily as a component of larger, multi-line-item food-service contracts rather than as a single-product specification. The recent opportunities block shows no solicitations naming lingonberries explicitly; frozen berries are solicited generically (mixed varieties, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, Marion berries) within broader frozen-food categories. School districts purchasing for child nutrition programs typically embed frozen fruit line items within grocery bids spanning hundreds of items, while state institutional buyers (hospitals, supported living centers, correctional facilities) include frozen specialty foods as part of state-level food-supply agreements. No recent opportunities specifically target lingonberries as a named commodity, suggesting limited or sporadic direct demand under this code. Procurement terms across frozen-fruit opportunities are consistent: firm, fixed pricing; delivery within 7 to 30 days; FOB destination with freight prepaid; HACCP and food-safety compliance; and initial contract terms of one to three years with optional renewals. Set-asides are not consistently applied; most school district solicitations encourage but do not require small-business or minority participation. Vendors pursuing this code should expect to bid lingonberries as a line item within composite grocery or frozen-food RFPs rather than as a standalone category and should monitor school district and state institutional food-service RFPs for opportunities to include specialty frozen fruit.