UNSPSC 50345021: Frozen late navel oranges

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

UNSPSC 50345021 Frozen late navel oranges (Commodity) represents a narrow product line that appears rarely in recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally specifies a single frozen citrus product, yet the recent opportunities tagged to this code overwhelmingly involve bulk food service procurement across multiple categories—proteins, produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and consumable supplies—rather than frozen navel oranges specifically. State and local agencies purchasing under this code include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, and Fulton County Schools in Georgia), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), county correctional facilities (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department), Head Start programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas), and county school cooperative systems (Douglas County School System via GEC Buying Cooperative). The issuing-body mix skews toward school nutrition programs under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, along with state facility food service contracts for hospitals, state supported living centers, and child care programs.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Midwest—Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Missouri, and California—with the heaviest volume in Georgia school systems and Texas state health facilities. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 Groceries for Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), spanning approximately 110 line items across proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, beverages, and packaging with prior-year spend of $32,226.36; the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' IFB BID052266 for Grocery Items supporting the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services (due June 30, 2026), encompassing over 1,100 line items including breakfast items, cereals, frozen products, and meats with Buy American requirements; and Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for Grocery Products (due June 24, 2026), procuring approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat for CACFP child care programs with estimated value of $969,460.94. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (frozen late navel oranges) and actual purchasing activity (comprehensive multi-category food service) signals that either the code is misapplied by procurement offices or the code itself is outdated relative to current state and local food procurement practice. Pursue only if your firm's capabilities align with broad food service distribution rather than specialty citrus supply.