UNSPSC 50342804: Frozen black currants

Dark purple or black berries, 5-6 mm across, bristly, with stalked glands that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50342804 Frozen black currants (Commodity) is a narrow food product code that state and local governments purchase primarily through school nutrition programs, institutional food service operations, and specialized procurement vehicles. The recent solicitation activity shows that this specific commodity is not a standalone focus of recent state and local RFPs and IFBs; instead, frozen black currants appear bundled within broader grocery, frozen foods, or produce line-item procurements that span dozens or hundreds of items. The code's nominal scope — frozen black currants as a discrete product — diverges from what is actually being solicited, which centers on comprehensive food service portfolios rather than individual frozen fruit varieties.

School districts and state health and human services agencies dominate recent activity. Texas Health and Human Services Commission procurement for state hospitals and state-supported living centers (Big Spring State Hospital IFB HHS0017660 and El Paso State Supported Living Center IFB HHS0017449) and multiple Georgia school districts—Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, Early County, and others—are issuing active bids on frozen foods and comprehensive grocery items that would include frozen fruit products. Head Start of Greater Dallas and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri are also actively procuring food items. Geographic concentration runs heavily through Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools, City Schools of Decatur), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), Missouri, California (Santa Clara County Sheriff), Oregon (Department of Corrections), and New Jersey. Representative current opportunities include the Texas HHSC Big Spring State Hospital grocery IFB (HHS0017660, due July 27, 2026) spanning approximately 110 line items with a prior-year spend baseline of $32,226.36, and the Bridgeport Board of Education IFB (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) covering over 1,100 grocery line items for the National School Lunch Program. The code shows low relevance to current state and local procurement signals; vendors tracking frozen black currants specifically will find few standalone opportunities and should instead monitor broad institutional and school food service RFPs where this commodity would be a minor line item.