UNSPSC 50345600: Frozen pineapples

A tropical monocotyledonous plant (ananas comosus of the family bromeliaceae, the pineapple family) that has rigid spiny-margined recurved leaves and a short stalk with a dense oblong head of small abortive flowers. The large edible multiple fruit of the that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50345600 Frozen pineapples (Class) covers state and local procurement of shelf-stable and frozen fruit products, including canned, frozen, and fresh-cut offerings, for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and state-supported facilities. Recent solicitations show a mix of frozen fruit commodities alongside broader food-service buys—frozen pineapples rarely appear as standalone line items but are purchased as part of multi-hundred-item procurement bundles supporting state hospitals, state supported living centers, school districts, and county social-service programs. Issuing bodies are predominantly Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) facilities, school districts across Georgia and Connecticut, state departments of corrections, county boards of education, and state-managed nutrition assistance programs. Texas dominates the activity; the HHSC has posted six food-service solicitations between May and August 2026 covering supplemental food and consumables, frozen products, and facility-specific groceries ranging from $1.5 million to $9 million annual value, all open to single or multiple awards and serving statewide institutional populations.

Geographic concentration is heavily weighted to Texas through HHSC procurement for Big Spring State Hospital, Mexia State Supported Living Center, El Paso State Supported Living Center, and broader state hospital and supported-living-center networks. Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Early County), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), and New Jersey (Division of Family Development) show secondary activity. Oregon Department of Corrections and federal cooperatives serving Head Start programs in Texas round out the issuing-body mix. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017338V1 for 106 line items of frozen food products (posted July 17, 2026, due August 18, 2026, estimated $9 million annual value), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning 200+ line items (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026), and the Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0016792V2 for 210 line items of supplemental food and consumables statewide (posted May 19, 2026, due March 19, 2026, maximum potential value $4.5 million over three years). All require firm fixed pricing, 90–95 percent compliance with line-item counts, delivery within specified windows, and compliance with USDA food safety and Buy American standards where applicable.