UNSPSC 50345800: Frozen plums

Any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus prunus) with globular to oval smooth-skinned fruits that are drupes with oblong seeds that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50345800 Frozen plums, a Class code, does not map to the actual goods state and local governments are currently buying under this classification. Recent solicitations tagged with this code cover broad grocery procurement for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, state hospitals, state supported living centers, Head Start facilities, and county correctional institutions — spanning proteins, dairy, produce, frozen vegetables, grains, ice cream, and consumables, not frozen plums specifically. The code appears to serve as a catch-all grocery family rather than a true commodity marker, creating persistent misalignment between the taxonomy and actual procurement scope.

Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC), county boards of education across Georgia, city school districts (Bridgeport, Decatur, Savannah-Chatham), state-supported institutions (Oregon Department of Corrections), Head Start grantees (Greater Dallas), and special-purpose purchasing cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). Texas HHSC appears twice in the recent block with institutional food service contracts for state hospitals and supported living centers. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock County, Early County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Savannah-Chatham), Texas (Big Spring State Hospital, El Paso State Supported Living Center, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and scattered single opportunities in Connecticut (Bridgeport), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), California (Santa Clara County), Florida (Hillsborough County), and Oregon. Representative recent procurements include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026, covering approximately 110 line items of proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, beverages, and food service packaging with a prior-year spend baseline of $32,226.36), the City of Bridgeport IFB BID052266 for grocery items supporting the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services across 1,100+ line items (electronic bids due June 30, 2026, subject to Buy American and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition compliance), and the Douglas County School System RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution services covering approximately 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (sealed proposals due February 18, 2026).