UNSPSC 50345025: Frozen melogold oranges

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

UNSPSC 50345025 Frozen melogold oranges is a Commodity code that covers specialty frozen citrus products supplied to institutional food service operations — state hospitals, correctional facilities, school districts, and child-care programs that source frozen produce through routine procurement. Recent solicitations across the code show state and local buyers consolidating fresh and frozen produce purchases into broad food service contracts rather than procuring frozen citrus as a standalone line item. The actual buying pattern reflects kitchen operations that bid comprehensive grocery and food supply services spanning proteins, prepared foods, dairy, frozen produce, and pantry staples as integrated commodity baskets. State agencies including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, county school boards in Georgia, and municipal school systems issue these solicitations; repeat buyers include Fulton County Schools, Henry County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, and the Douglas County School System in Georgia, along with Texas HHSC. The code sees active recent solicitation activity across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, California, and Oregon, with school nutrition programs driving the majority of volume.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries serving Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), which bundled proteins, prepared foods, dairy, and frozen items into a single contract with approximately $32,000 historical annual spend; the City of Bridgeport's IFB BNB052266 for grocery items supporting school nutrition (due June 30, 2026), which required over 1,100 line items across breakfast cereals, frozen products, and condiments with Buy American compliance; and the Douglas County School System's RFP for Food Supply and Distribution serving 32 schools across approximately 25,500 students (due February 18, 2026), budgeted at approximately $9,000,000 annually. The Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) and the Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for frozen foods and produce across child-care programs (due June 24, 2026, budgeted at $969,460.94) show frozen citrus commodities competing within larger produce and frozen-food baskets rather than as discrete procurement lines. Frozen melogold oranges appear rarely as named items in solicitations; vendors pursuing this code should expect to bid frozen citrus as part of comprehensive produce or frozen-food line items under broader food service contracts.