UNSPSC 50344408: Frozen fortune oranges

The variety of mandarin oranges and tangerines known as fortune oranges that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50344408 Frozen fortune oranges (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within frozen citrus fruit supply chains, though recent state and local procurement activity reveals minimal direct solicitation of frozen oranges specifically. Instead, issuing bodies across the country source frozen and fresh citrus products as line items within broader grocery, food service, and school nutrition contracts that span dozens or hundreds of food categories. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Savannah-Chatham, Bulloch County, Early County, Douglas County, Fulton County), Connecticut school nutrition programs (Bridgeport), Missouri school districts (Rockwood), Florida school districts (Hillsborough County), and Head Start organizations procure citrus in frozen form as part of comprehensive produce or frozen-food solicitations. These buying entities include state health departments, county boards of education, city school systems, and child care organizations serving institutional populations including state hospital patients, state supported living center residents, school children, and Head Start participants. Procurement volume at the commodity code level remains diffuse because citrus products—whether fresh, frozen, canned, or processed—are tagged to higher-tier Segment and Family codes when jurisdictions issue broad food service RFPs and IFBs.

Recent opportunities naming frozen citrus or frozen produce at scale include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 (FY27 Groceries for Big Spring State Hospital, due July 27, 2026) and HHS0017449 (Food and Consumable products for HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, due July 13, 2026), both seeking supplemental frozen foods for state facilities; Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB 26-GP (Invitation for Bids Grocery Products, due June 24, 2026) for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods including produce; and the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016590 (Fruit, Berries, due April 23, 2026) for 40,000 pounds of unsweetened individually quick frozen berries. School districts in Georgia (Hancock County IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026; Bulloch County IFB #043025, due May 4, 2026; Early County, due June 8, 2026) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI, due April 29, 2026) issue annual RFPs spanning 200+ to 900+ line items of food products, with frozen citrus and other frozen fruits appearing as individual line items within those comprehensive solicitations. Bidders pursuing state and local food service work should expect frozen oranges and citrus fruits to be nested within larger grocery or frozen-produce line items rather than procured as standalone commodity contracts; pursuit strategy should target broad food service distributor roles rather than specialty citrus supply.