UNSPSC 50344200: Frozen limes

The type of fruit known as lime that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50344200 Frozen limes, a Class code, spans the frozen fruit and vegetable products that state and local institutions—particularly school districts, state health and human services agencies, and regional parks—acquire for cafeteria service, institutional food programs, and concession operations. The actual procurement activity under this code emphasizes broad institutional food sourcing rather than a single commodity; recent solicitations tag frozen vegetables, mixed frozen products, and specialty frozen items alongside standalone frozen fruit, indicating that state and local buyers use the code to encompass multiple frozen commodity lines within integrated food-service contracts. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions (particularly Texas HHSC, sourcing for state hospitals and supported living centers), state departments of corrections, county boards of education, independent school districts, county parks departments, and county departments of community services. Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears repeatedly across multiple institutional food solicitations, reflecting sustained procurement at state-facility scale.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Florida. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's frozen food products procurement (IFB HHS0017338, approximately $9 million estimated annual volume, 106 line items of frozen prepared entrees, proteins, vegetables, and baked goods, bids due August 18, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections' frozen sliced or diced apples procurement (solicitation S2910000017684, 40,000 pounds, bids due August 19, 2026, with Oregon-goods and resident-bidder preferences totaling 10 percent), the Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce bid spanning multiple produce categories including frozen-capable items (IFB #SN002-2027, bids due June 26, 2026), the Collier County Board of County Commissioners' food-services ITN for North Collier Regional Park concessions (ITN with 10-point local-vendor preference, proposals due March 6, 2025), and the New Jersey Department of Human Services rebid for frozen mixed vegetables supporting nutrition assistance programs (T1103 26DPP01307, bids due June 17, 2026). Contracts typically run one year with optional renewals, require firm fixed pricing, and include delivery within specified windows and temperature or shelf-life guarantees; Buy American provisions apply consistently in school-district solicitations.