UNSPSC 50346403: Frozen rugosa rose hips

The variety of rose hips known as rugosa rose hips that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50346403 Frozen rugosa rose hips is a Commodity code that captures the procurement of specialized frozen fruit products for institutional food service. State and local governments solicit this code primarily through school districts, state health and human services agencies, and county institutions, though the recent opportunities block shows no direct procurements specifically for frozen rugosa rose hips. Instead, the code's nominal scope appears tangential to the actual food-service buying patterns reflected in recent solicitations. The opportunities posted under or adjacent to this code cluster around comprehensive grocery, produce, and frozen-food procurement for school nutrition programs, state hospitals, state-supported living centers, Head Start programs, correctional facilities, and other institutional food service operations. Representative recent activity includes the Texas Health and Human Services Commission soliciting supplemental food and consumable products for state hospitals and supported living centers (IFB HHS0017660, due July 27, 2026); school districts across Georgia issuing multiple RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce, frozen foods, and comprehensive grocery items (Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Henry County Schools); and the City of Bridgeport soliciting over 1,100 line items of grocery goods for school nutrition services (IFB BID052266, due June 30, 2026). Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc. also solicited frozen foods and produce under cooperative purchasing, with an estimated contract value of $969,460.94 and a pre-bid conference scheduled for April 16, 2026.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast, particularly Georgia (multiple school districts including Hancock, Bulloch, Early, Savannah-Chatham, Fulton, and Douglas counties, plus statewide procurements), Texas (HHSC and Head Start), and Connecticut (Bridgeport), with secondary activity in Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), and western states (Oregon Department of Corrections, Santa Clara County, California). The issuing-body mix spans state agencies (Texas HHSC, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Georgia), school districts and school boards (the dominant buyer category), municipalities (City of Bridgeport), and federal-grant-funded child-care operators (Head Start). School districts emerge as repeat and dominant buyers, with procurement timelines typically aligned to the July-through-June school year and contract cycles opening in spring and fall. Evaluation criteria across these solicitations emphasize lowest responsive bid, vendor capacity to serve multiple locations, food safety compliance (HACCP, food recall procedures), Buy American compliance, nutritional standard adherence, and delivery reliability. The code shows little evidence of recent activity specifically for rugosa rose hips; it appears to be a residual or mislabeled classification within broader institutional food-service procurement, which focuses on high-volume staple fruits, vegetables, proteins, and prepared foods rather than specialty frozen botanicals.