UNSPSC 50344428: Frozen nocatee tangelo oranges

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

UNSPSC 50344428 Frozen nocatee tangelo oranges (Commodity) does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a single frozen citrus varietal—bears no clear relation to the 24 opportunities posted between January and July 2026, which span broad grocery and food service procurement across Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, California, Missouri, and Oregon.

The recent opportunities solicited under this UNSPSC tag describe comprehensive food and consumable contracts for state institutions, school districts, and public agencies. Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted two major IFBs for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with bid values around $1.5 million to $4.5 million annually. School districts across Georgia, Missouri, and Connecticut issued line-item grocery bids covering 200 to 1,100 food products—fresh produce, frozen foods, proteins, dairy, pantry staples, and supplies—for National School Lunch and Breakfast programs. Head Start of Greater Dallas and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa) solicited frozen and fresh produce under federal CACFP and FFVP requirements. A California county correctional facility and an Oregon state prison each posted ITBs for specific frozen fruit or nut products. The Douglas County School System in Georgia issued an RFP for food supply and distribution services valued at approximately $9 million annually. The issuing bodies represent state health agencies, state corrections and Department of Human Services divisions, county school boards, city boards of education, and special-purpose districts such as Head Start organizations. Georgia and Texas dominate recent activity, with additional solicitations in Connecticut, Missouri, Oregon, and California. The code shows significant tagging misalignment—state and local procurement systems have applied a single frozen-citrus-varietal code to blanket grocery, produce, frozen-food, and consumables contracts spanning dozens of product categories. This suggests either data-entry error or a system limitation where the commodity code does not capture the actual scope. Vendors pursuing state and local food service work should verify with issuing bodies that frozen citrus is in scope and not assume this code signals a true procurement signal for a specialty frozen fruit line item.