UNSPSC 50344423: Frozen monica oranges

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

UNSPSC 50344423 Frozen monica oranges is a Commodity code that sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with its narrow product scope. The single recent opportunity explicitly tagged with this code—Oregon Department of Corrections' April 2026 bid for frozen fruit berries (ITB S2910000016590)—actually solicits mixed frozen berries rather than monica oranges specifically, suggesting either a classification mismatch or that frozen monica oranges are rarely procured as standalone line items by state and local buyers. When state and local jurisdictions do source frozen citrus and specialty fruits, they typically embed them within broader grocery, food service, or school nutrition contracts rather than issuing dedicated solicitations for a single frozen-fruit commodity. The code shows no repeat buyers, no geographic concentration, and no consistent procurement pattern that would support a targeted business development strategy.

The broader frozen-fruit and frozen-food procurement activity visible in the dataset—school nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, and Missouri; state health and human services facilities in Texas; and county correctional facilities in California and Oregon—occurs under higher-level UNSPSC families (groceries, food service supplies, frozen foods generally) rather than at the Commodity tier of frozen monica oranges. Vendors pursuing frozen-specialty-fruit opportunities should monitor school nutrition and institutional food service RFPs and IFBs at the Family or Class level, where purchasing bodies specify produce items line-by-line and frozen-citrus variants may be listed alongside other frozen fruits and vegetables. The code itself presents little actionable signal for state and local procurement activity in the near term.