UNSPSC 50345815: Frozen black splendor plums

The variety of plums known as black splendor plums that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50345815 Frozen black splendor plums is a Commodity code, and state and local governments procure frozen produce under this code primarily as part of broader institutional food service contracts—notably for schools, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and child care programs. The recent solicitation record shows that frozen plums rarely appear as standalone line items; instead, they surface within comprehensive grocery, produce, or food-supply RFPs that bundle frozen fruits, vegetables, proteins, and staples. When frozen fruit does appear, it is typically one of dozens or hundreds of line items, specified by case size and unit count, subject to USDA food safety and nutrition standards, and evaluated alongside price, vendor capability, and delivery performance. Issuing bodies span state health and human services departments (Texas HHSC supplying state hospitals and supported living centers), county and municipal school districts across Georgia, Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut, Head Start child care agencies, and correctional facilities in California and Oregon. State departments issue the largest-volume solicitations—the Texas HHSC alone posted multiple IFBs for 200+ line items of food and consumables with historical spend around $1.5 million to $4.5 million annually—while school districts issue smaller but frequent RFPs and IFBs, often through cooperatives serving multiple districts. Cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative and Texas Cooperative Purchasing appear repeatedly as procurement mechanisms.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Missouri, with additional solicitations in Connecticut, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017660 posted July 13, 2026, seeking groceries for Big Spring State Hospital with bids due July 27, 2026, covering approximately 110 line items of proteins, prepared foods, dairy, and pantry staples with a prior-year spend of $32,226.36; the Bridgeport Board of Education IFB BID052266 posted June 30, 2026, for over 1,100 grocery line items including frozen products for the National School Lunch Program; Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP posted June 24, 2026, seeking approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods and produce for CACFP-eligible child care programs with an estimated total value of $969,460.94; and the Hancock County Board of Education IFB SN002-2027 posted June 10, 2026, for 200+ fresh produce line items with bids due June 26, 2026. Frozen fruit commodity activity has been steady through mid-2026, with most school nutrition and institutional food service contracts running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and many districts maintaining four or more optional renewal years. Evaluation criteria across these solicitations emphasize lowest responsive and responsible bidding, vendor experience and past performance (increasingly tracked through state CPA Vendor Performance Systems), compliance with Buy American provisions and USDA nutrition standards, HACCP capability and food recall procedures, and insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2,000,000 general liability.