UNSPSC 50347208: Frozen cerignola olives

The variety of olives known as cerignola olives that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50347208 Frozen cerignola olives is a Commodity code that captures highly specialized produce procurement—specifically frozen olives—yet recent state and local solicitations show this code tagged to broad foodservice aggregation buys where frozen olives are one line item among hundreds across proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and consumables. The code's nominal scope (a single olive variety) does not align with what jurisdictions are actually procuring under it: the recent block shows no solicitations for olives alone, but instead school districts, state health agencies, and municipal nutrition programs sourcing comprehensive meal-service inventories through competitive sealed-bid or RFP processes. Issuing bodies include county school nutrition programs (Tattnall County Board of Education, Candler County, Colquitt County, Dougherty County, Houston County, Lamar County, Effingham County, and Douglas County, all in Georgia), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia statewide), municipal food programs (City of Edinburg, Texas; Bridgeport Board of Education, Connecticut), and specialty procurement vehicles (Invest Atlanta, GEC Buying Cooperative). School districts dominate the recent activity—they solicit regularly for direct-delivery foodservice supplies under National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program mandates.

Geographic concentration is pronounced in Georgia, which accounts for the plurality of recent postings across multiple school districts and the State of Georgia itself; Texas shows secondary activity (HHSC, TDCJ, City of Edinburg); Connecticut and Oregon represent single isolated postings. Representative recent opportunities include the Tattnall County Board of Education sealed-bid for School Nutrition Program food products (July 22, 2026 response date), the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases IFB for grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program with over 1,100 line items and a June 30, 2026 deadline, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide with 210 line items and a March 19, 2026 response date, Houston County School District ITB 27-001 for direct delivery to 39 schools serving 45,000 meals daily (April 17, 2026 due date), and the Douglas County School System RFP for food supply and distribution services to 32 schools serving 25,500 students with an estimated $9 million annual value (February 18, 2026 response date). Buy American requirements (51% domestic agricultural content minimum) and USDA Child Nutrition compliance are standard across school district and state health agency solicitations; pricing remains firm throughout contract terms with limited escalation provisions tied to published agricultural or labor indices. No set-asides specific to disadvantaged enterprises are noted in the recent block, though Georgia-grown or in-county preferences appear in several school district awards.