UNSPSC 50345105: Frozen solo papayas

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

UNSPSC 50345105 Frozen solo papayas is a Commodity code with minimal alignment to recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally names a single produce item—individually frozen papaya fruit—yet the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly seeking frozen papayas or papayas in any form. School districts, state health and human services agencies, and county corrections departments across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, California, and Oregon are currently procuring frozen and fresh produce through dozens of active bids and RFPs, but none name papaya as a line item or specification. One opportunity—Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce solicitation (PE67080NONST2027000000013)—does list specialty items including kiwis, mangos, papayas, and starfruit among over 200 line items of fresh produce, though that procurement explicitly covers fresh, not frozen, produce and is active through June 2027. The Texas HHSC supplemental food procurements (HHS0016792 and HHS0017449) and the County of Santa Clara dried fruits and nuts bid (ITBPRCFY260617) illustrate the kinds of frozen and specialty fruit products state and local buyers actually source, but none of those active solicitations reference frozen papayas by name or specification.

Recent state and local produce procurement concentrates on fresh fruit and vegetable contracts for school nutrition programs and frozen commodity items for state institutional food service (hospitals, corrections, state supported living centers). Issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Decatur, Henry County, Rockwood, Early County, Douglas County, Fulton County, and Hillsborough County in Florida), state health agencies (Texas HHSC), county corrections (Santa Clara), and federal Head Start programs. Geographic concentration spans Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, and Florida, with sporadic activity in California and Oregon. Frozen-fruit procurement appears episodically—Oregon Department of Corrections' frozen berry ITB (S2910000016590, due April 23, 2026) sought 40,000 pounds of unsweetened individually quick-frozen berries at historical pricing of $0.89 per pound—but frozen papaya does not surface in any posted opportunity. If frozen solo papayas represent a niche specialty item for institutional kitchens, the code shows no recent demand signal in state and local procurement. Vendors should verify whether local food service operations or specialty dietary programs use this product before investing bid pursuit effort under this code.