UNSPSC 50343304: Frozen marsh grapefruit

The variety of grapefruit known as marsh grapefruit that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50343304 Frozen marsh grapefruit is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local contract opportunities show minimal direct activity for this specific frozen citrus product. Instead, the identified solicitations span a broad range of frozen food procurement across state agencies, counties, school districts, and special-purpose entities, with frozen vegetables, frozen proteins, frozen baked goods, and mixed frozen food categories dominating the activity. The actual buying patterns under freeze-dried and frozen fruit commodity codes involve institutional food service for state hospitals, state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, Head Start child care facilities, county parks concessions, and food distribution assistance programs. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions (Texas, Oregon), state departments of corrections, school districts (Georgia, Florida, Texas, Connecticut), county boards of education (Georgia), Head Start agencies, county commissioners, and municipal purchasing offices. Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears frequently across multiple facilities and procurement cycles, while state-level purchasing offices and county education boards represent consistent secondary buyers.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission conducting multiple concurrent solicitations for frozen and fresh food products serving state hospitals and supported living centers across the state. Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Texas show recent activity spanning school districts, county procurement, and state agency nutrition programs. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017338 for frozen food products across 18 qualified ordering entities statewide (estimated annual volume approximately $9 million, bids due August 18, 2026); the Oregon Department of Corrections' solicitation for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples for delivery to the Central Distribution Center in Salem (IFB S2910000017684, bids due August 19, 2026, with 5–10 percent Oregon-source preference); and the Hancock County Board of Education's procurement for fresh produce including multiple apple varieties for school nutrition programs (IFB #SN002-2027, sealed bids due June 26, 2026, with Buy American provision requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content). Frozen produce solicitations typically require USDA commodity compliance, HACCP certification, and weekly or monthly delivery schedules to multiple school or institutional sites with firm fixed pricing and no fuel surcharges.