UNSPSC 50347007: Frozen coconuts

The drupaceous fruit of the coconut palm whose outer fibrous husk yields coir and whose nut contains thick edible meat and coconut milk that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50347007 Frozen coconuts (Commodity) does not reflect the work actually being solicited under this code in recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains no opportunities tagged to this code that involve frozen coconuts; instead, the recent opportunities demonstrate that state and local purchasing offices use overlapping or mislabeled codes when procuring broad food and grocery categories—particularly frozen foods, produce, and food service supplies for schools, correctional facilities, and state-operated institutional settings. The code sees no relevant recent activity in the opportunities provided.

State and local governments procure frozen coconuts, when they do, as part of larger food service and nutrition contracts rather than as standalone commodity line items. The opportunities in the source—spanning school nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Missouri, and Florida; state hospital food services in Texas; Head Start child care programs in Texas; county corrections facilities in California; and school districts nationwide—all involve institutional food service procurement where frozen fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy, and prepared foods dominate the solicitation volume. School districts, county boards of education, state health and human services departments, and county sheriff departments are the repeat issuing bodies, with contracts typically structured as IFB or RFP solicitations with one-year terms and renewal options, pricing firm for the contract period, delivery requirements to multiple sites, compliance with USDA and HACCP standards, and evaluation on best value or lowest responsive and responsible bid. The geographic spread spans Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, California, and Oregon, with school nutrition procurement concentrated in the Southeast. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for approximately 110 line items of groceries for Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026); the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items for school food services (due June 30, 2026); and Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat (due June 24, 2026). Frozen coconuts would appear, if at all, as a minor ingredient or specialized item within these broader procurements, not as a primary procurement focus.