UNSPSC 50344400: Frozen mandarin oranges or tangerines

The type of fruit known as mandarin oranges or tangerines that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50344400 Frozen mandarin oranges or tangerines is a Class code that encompasses a narrow commodity within the broader frozen fruit and vegetable procurement landscape state and local governments actually buy today. While the code's name specifies a single fruit variety, state and local issuers are acquiring frozen mandarin oranges and tangerines primarily as components of larger institutional food service contracts—school nutrition programs, state hospital supply chains, correctional facilities, and child care operations—rather than as standalone specialty produce purchases. Recent solicitations show frozen citrus fruits integrated into comprehensive grocery and frozen-food aggregations serving high-volume meal programs.

School districts, state health and human services agencies, and correctional institutions dominate recent activity under or overlapping this code's scope. Georgia school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Douglas County Schools, City Schools of Decatur, Fulton County Schools) and Texas state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission) appear most frequently in recent opportunities, with activity also in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education), New Jersey (Department of Human Services), Oregon (Department of Corrections), and California (County of Santa Clara). Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicitations HHS0017660 (Big Spring State Hospital, IFB, due July 27, 2026) and HHS0017449 (El Paso State Supported Living Center, IFB, due July 13, 2026) show frozen fruit and vegetable procurement at scale across state-operated facilities, with historical spend of $1.5 million to $32,000-plus annually per facility. Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce RFP (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) and Douglas County Schools' procurement through the GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) underscore demand across regional school nutrition programs, while Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026) indicates federal grant-funded child care operations also source frozen and fresh fruit. The code shows sustained activity concentrated in the Southeast and Texas, with secondary procurement activity across the Midwest and West Coast, driven primarily by school meal programs operating under USDA National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program compliance frameworks.