UNSPSC 50351629: Frozen organic king apricots

The variety of organic apricots known as organic king apricots that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50351629 Frozen organic king apricots is a Commodity code. State and local school districts and counties procure frozen fruit and related produce items under this code to support child nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show that frozen produce—including frozen apricots, berries, and other fruit—compete alongside fresh produce, processed items, and broad grocery assortments within school nutrition food service contracts. The code captures a narrow product line within much larger multi-category food procurements where school districts award contracts on a line-item basis to multiple vendors or consolidated food service distributors. Issuing bodies are primarily school districts and boards of education across county and city jurisdictions, reflecting the consistent federal funding structure of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. School food authorities typically solicit frozen produce as one category among hundreds of SKUs spanning proteins, grains, fresh vegetables, dairy, and prepared entrees.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia, where multiple school systems—Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham County, Hancock County, Decatur City Schools, and Early County—posted procurements in the first half of 2026 seeking fresh and frozen produce alongside broader food supply contracts. Notable exceptions include the Rockwood R-VI School District (St. Louis County, Missouri) issuing a grocery bid in March 2026 for over 900 line items, and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, soliciting grocery items for the Board of Education in June 2026. The Douglas County School System, acting through the GEC Buying Cooperative, issued RFP SN 26-004 on February 4, 2026 (due March 4, 2026) for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million in Area One, representing the largest documented opportunity in the recent block. Frozen organic king apricots would fall within these broader produce line items. Across these contracts, all vendors must comply with Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility, firm fixed pricing for 12-month contract periods, and delivery to multiple school sites Monday through Friday within specified temperature and time windows. No recent opportunities specifically isolate frozen organic apricots as a standalone solicitation; the code sees activity only as a sub-line within comprehensive food service RFPs and IFBs.