UNSPSC 50344944: Frozen ruddy jewel nectarines

The variety of nectarines known as ruddy jewel nectarines that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50344944 Frozen ruddy jewel nectarines (Commodity) does not reflect the actual scope of state and local food procurement activity represented in recent solicitations tagged under this code. The recent opportunities show school districts, state health and human services agencies, and county corrections departments soliciting comprehensive grocery and food service contracts—including fresh produce, frozen vegetables, proteins, dairy, and packaged goods—rather than a single nectarine varietal. The code's narrow commodity focus misaligns with the multi-category food procurement vehicles that state and local buyers are using to meet institutional nutrition requirements.

School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent RFPs and IFBs from Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Fulton County Schools (Georgia), Henry County Schools (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida); state institutional food service procurement from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers; and specialty procurement from Head Start of Greater Dallas, the County of Santa Clara (detention facility food), and the Oregon Department of Corrections. The geographic concentration is heavy in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Missouri, California, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries to Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026), the City of Bridgeport's IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 line items of school lunch program groceries including frozen and fresh produce, proteins, and dairy (due June 30, 2026), Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products valued at $969,460.94 (due June 24, 2026), and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties, berries, and root vegetables (due June 26, 2026). These solicitations reflect food service at scale, with contract values ranging from under $1 million to $9 million annually, and all emphasize USDA compliance, HACCP standards, firm fixed pricing, and delivery to multiple institutional sites on tight schedules.