UNSPSC 50342901: Frozen asharasi dates

The variety of dates known as asharasi dates that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50342901 Frozen asharasi dates (Commodity) does not reflect the scope of work actually being solicited by state and local governments. Recent state and local procurement activity under this code spans broad grocery and food service supply contracts—frozen and fresh produce, proteins, dairy, pantry staples, and food service consumables—procured by school districts, state health and human services agencies, counties, and other institutional buyers to support child nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and state supported living centers. The code's nominal focus on a single specialty product diverges sharply from the institutional food procurement work that appears in the recent opportunities block, suggesting either a cataloging mismatch in how state and local systems tag food service solicitations or that the code sits within a broader family of commodity codes that state systems use interchangeably for general food sourcing.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting grocery and food service supplies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Georgia; Fulton County Schools, Georgia; Douglas County School System, Georgia; Henry County Schools, Georgia; Bulloch County Board of Education, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Georgia; Early County Board of Education, Georgia; City Schools of Decatur, Georgia; Bridgeport Board of Education, Connecticut; Rockwood R-VI School District, Missouri; Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida), state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers), counties (Santa Clara County, California for correctional food services), and federal-grant-funded nonprofits (Head Start of Greater Dallas). Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026), the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items for school lunch services under the National School Lunch Program (bids due June 30, 2026), and the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including apples, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, and melons (bids due June 26, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (school districts in Fulton, Douglas, Henry, Bulloch, Savannah-Chatham, Early, and Decatur counties), Texas (state hospital and supported living center procurement), Connecticut (Bridgeport), California (Santa Clara County), Missouri (Rockwood), and Florida (Hillsborough County). Contracts typically run one school or fiscal year with renewal options; institutional buyers demand firm fixed pricing, HACCP compliance, food recall procedures, liability insurance ($500,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence), delivery within defined windows, and domestic sourcing preferences under USDA Buy American provisions where applicable.