UNSPSC 50345010: Frozen blood oranges

The variety of oranges known as blood oranges that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50345010 Frozen blood oranges, a Commodity code, sees minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally covers a highly specialized frozen citrus product, yet the recent opportunities tagged under this code describe broad grocery and food service procurement spanning hundreds of line items—proteins, dairy, vegetables, grains, prepared foods, condiments, and food service supplies—with frozen blood oranges either absent or unmarked as a distinct line item in any solicitation. The issuing bodies span state health and human services agencies, county school boards, municipal school districts, and county corrections facilities across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, California, and Oregon. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for grocery items under the National School Lunch Program (due June 30, 2026), and Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB for frozen foods and produce serving child care programs (due June 24, 2026). The code shows no activity directly aligned with frozen blood oranges as a procurement category; instead, it appears to be a mislabeling artifact in state and local procurement databases where the commodity code does not match the actual goods being sought.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (multiple HHSC facilities statewide), Georgia (school districts in Savannah-Chatham, Fulton, Henry, Early, Bulloch, Hancock, and Douglas counties), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (Bridgeport), California (Santa Clara County), and Oregon (Department of Corrections). School nutrition programs and state institutional food service dominate the scope, with contracts typically covering July 1 to June 30 annual cycles and evaluation weighted toward price, product quality, delivery reliability, and USDA compliance. Vendors commonly face Buy American provisions, HACCP certification requirements, 24/7 food recall accessibility, liability insurance minimums ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000, and delivery schedules of Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to multiple school and facility sites. The code's misalignment with actual procurement activity signals either data-entry error at the issuing-body level or automated taxonomic assignment failure and carries minimal signal for vendors seeking frozen blood orange sales opportunities through state and local channels.