UNSPSC 50342909: Frozen khalas dates

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

UNSPSC 50342909 Frozen khalas dates is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure frozen dates and other dried and frozen fruits under this code primarily as ingredients for institutional food service—school districts, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and health and human services agencies. The recent opportunities show that this code appears in broader food service and grocery procurement solicitations where frozen khalas dates may appear as a single line item within comprehensive multi-hundred-line-item food supply contracts, though the frozen khalas dates line itself rarely drives a standalone solicitation. School districts issue the majority of active solicitations under food-service codes including this commodity, with secondary volume from state health and human services agencies operating institutional facilities (state hospitals, state supported living centers, correctional facilities). Issuing bodies include state departments of health and human services, county and municipal school districts, county sheriff departments, and independent school nutrition authorities. Texas Health and Human Services Commission and school districts across Georgia have posted multiple overlapping food service solicitations in the recent window.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (HHSC statewide procurements serving 23 qualified ordering entities), Georgia (multiple school districts including Fulton County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Savannah-Chatham, Early County, and Douglas County; also Santa Clara County, California and New Jersey for food distribution programs), with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, and Oregon. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (response due July 27, 2026) and HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026), both covering 210+ line items across frozen, fresh, and specialty foods; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with over 200 line items (response due June 26, 2026); and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution services to 32 schools with approximately $9,000,000 estimated annual expenditure. Frozen khalas dates, when they appear, are typically one commodity among hundreds in consolidated procurement vehicles with firm fixed pricing, Buy American compliance, HACCP and food safety requirements, and delivery to multiple institutional locations. The code shows activity but does not dominate any single solicitation—frozen khalas dates are subordinate to broader commodity purchasing across fruit categories.