UNSPSC 50346703: Frozen ever bearing strawberries

The variety of strawberries known as ever bearing strawberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50346703 Frozen ever bearing strawberries (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within state and local food procurement, where frozen strawberries are typically solicited as one component of larger grocery or institutional food service contracts rather than as a standalone commodity. The code appears in solicitations for state hospital and supported living center food service, school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and child care operations that purchase diverse frozen produce assortments. Issuing bodies span state health and human services commissions, county and municipal school districts, county corrections departments, and child care agencies; Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Savannah-Chatham, Bulloch County, Douglas County, Henry County, Fulton County, City Schools of Decatur), and county correctional facilities represent the most active recent buyers. The work being solicited under this code involves supplying frozen strawberries (often alongside other frozen berries, mixed vegetables, or broader frozen food categories) that meet USDA and food safety standards including HACCP compliance, appropriate temperature maintenance during transport and storage, minimum shelf-life guarantees (typically 90 days to six months), and compliance with Buy American provisions in school nutrition settings.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with secondary solicitations in Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, Colorado, and California. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), which specified frozen products as part of a 110-line-item food contract covering September 2026 through August 2027; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for frozen fruit berries posted April 9, 2026 (due April 23, 2026), seeking one truckload of 40,000 pounds of IQF berries with pricing benchmarked at $0.89 per pound; and the Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for fresh produce to the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (proposals due March 11, 2026), which included frozen strawberries within specialty frozen fruit options. The code shows modest activity focused on institutional food service contracts with established supply chains, temperature-controlled logistics, and federal food safety compliance. Standalone frozen-strawberry-only awards are rare; vendors typically win as part of broader frozen produce or general grocery agreements serving multiple product lines across multiple delivery locations.