UNSPSC 50344005: Frozen meiwa kumquats

The variety of kumquats known as meiwa kumquats that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50344005 Frozen meiwa kumquats is a Commodity code that nominally designates a specific frozen citrus product; however, the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show minimal actual procurement activity aligned with the code's literal scope. The ten recent solicitations posted between May and October 2026 center instead on broad institutional food procurement—school district lunch programs, state hospital and supported living center food service, county park concessions, and child care facility nutrition. These opportunities span frozen vegetables, fresh produce, prepared entrees, proteins, dairy, pantry staples, beverages, and food service supplies rather than frozen meiwa kumquats specifically. The issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC, Oregon Department of Corrections), county boards of education (Hancock County, Early County, Gwinnett County), city school boards (Bridgeport), county commissions (Collier County), and specialized nutrition programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas). The geographic spread centers on the South and Southwest—Texas dominates with multiple HHSC solicitations for state hospitals and supported living centers, followed by Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County, Early County, and the State of Georgia), North Carolina (Collier County, Florida), Oregon, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Texas again.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC solicitation HHS0017338V1 (posted July 17, 2026, due August 18, 2026) for approximately $9 million in annual frozen food products across 106 line items for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, and the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners informal written quote IWQ 140229 (posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026) for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and frozen food items for the Department of Community Services. A Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) and a Collier County ITN for concession food services at North Collier Regional Park (posted October 8, 2026) illustrate the diversity of institutional food buying. The code's nominal scope—frozen meiwa kumquats—is not explicitly named in any of the ten opportunities; the mismatch between the code designation and the actual procurement being conducted suggests either a systematic tagging error or that the code is used as a catch-all for frozen specialty fruit commodities that rarely appear as line items in institutional food contracts.