UNSPSC 50344300: Frozen loquats

The type of fruit known as loquats that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50344300 Frozen loquats is a Class code that does not reflect the work state and local governments are actually buying under this taxonomy entry. The recent opportunities tagged with this code span institutional food procurement for state hospitals, state supported living centers, school districts, and child care agencies — covering broad categories of frozen and fresh produce, proteins, dairy, pantry staples, and food-service consumables. The code's nominal scope (frozen loquats, a specialty fruit item) appears misaligned with the volume and diversity of commodities being procured; loquats do not feature prominently or at all in the representative solicitations, and the code functions in practice as a catch-all for general frozen-produce and food-service sourcing rather than a discrete commodity line.

State procurement activity clusters heavily in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Connecticut, New Jersey, and North Carolina, driven by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), which has posted multiple IFBs for frozen and fresh food products serving state hospitals and supported living centers. The issuing-body mix includes state health and human services agencies, county boards of education, city school districts, county governments, and nonprofit child care providers. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017338V1 for frozen food products across state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (posted July 17, 2026, bids due August 18, 2026, estimated annual volume $9 million), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for the Department of Community Services (posted October 13, 2026, quotes due October 19, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners' ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (posted October 8, 2026, proposals due March 6, 2025, with 10-point local-vendor preference), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce covering over 200 line items (posted June 10, 2026, bids due June 26, 2026), and the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program (posted June 30, 2026, bids due June 30, 2026, subject to Buy American domestic-content requirements). Activity reflects ongoing institutional demand for bulk food sourcing with firm fixed pricing, delivery compliance, food-safety certifications, and responsive vendor performance.