UNSPSC 50345101: Frozen green cooking papayas

The variety of papayas known as green cooking papayas that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50345101 Frozen green cooking papayas is a Commodity code that describes specialized produce items for institutional food service, though recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal direct solicitation. The few opportunities tagged with this code predominantly reflect broader grocery and produce procurement by school districts, state health and human services agencies, and correctional facilities, rather than papaya-specific sourcing. When papayas appear in solicitations, they are listed as one line item among hundreds in comprehensive food service bids—such as in the Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (#SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) and the Head Start of Greater Dallas grocery procurement (IFB 26-GP, due June 24, 2026)—where they compete for inclusion in mixed-produce contracts. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs across multiple states, state hospital and residential care facilities in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and Head Start child-care providers, with school districts representing the largest share of recent activity.

Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, driven by large school district systems and state institutional procurement. Recent opportunities show papayas incidentally mentioned in multi-hundred-line-item food service IFBs and RFPs rather than standalone commodity buys. The Hancock County Schools fresh produce bid (Georgia, due June 26, 2026) and Hillsborough County Public Schools Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program RFP (Tampa, Florida, due March 11, 2026) are representative contexts where papayas would be sourced as part of larger fresh or specialty fruit allocations. Most institutional buyers emphasize domestic sourcing preference, USDA compliance, Buy American provisions for processed goods, and HACCP certification. The code shows limited standalone pursuit opportunity; papaya volume typically flows through generalist produce distributors competing on broad-based school nutrition or institutional food service contracts rather than through dedicated specialty-fruit channels.