UNSPSC 50353900: Frozen organic kiwi fruit

The egg-shaped kiwi fruit has a furry brownish green skin and firm, translucent green flesh with edible purple-black seeds at the centre. Also called chinese gooseberry, edible fruit of the vine actinidia chinensis (family actinidiaceae). The plant is nat It has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50353900 Frozen organic kiwi fruit is a Class code that spans state and local procurement of fresh produce and frozen food products for school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and general grocery supply. Recent state and local solicitations under this code family show school districts and municipal food service operations purchasing comprehensive line-item inventories of fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy, and prepared foods to support National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program operations. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts—including independent districts and county-level boards of education—complemented by municipal departments managing central procurement for education and nutrition services. School districts routinely solicit fresh produce, frozen foods, and comprehensive grocery items through annual or multi-year contracts, often structured to accept line-item or vendor-specific bids to allow flexibility in sourcing across multiple suppliers.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with secondary representation in Missouri. The Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative in February 2026 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across two geographic areas, with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, proposals due March 4, 2026. The Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) posted IFB #SN002-2027 in June 2026 for over 200 line items of fresh produce including specialty items such as kiwis, with bids due June 26, 2026. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut) solicited grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education with over 1,100 line items spanning frozen products, fresh fruits and vegetables, and proteins, bids due June 30, 2026. The Rockwood R-VI School District (St. Louis County, Missouri) issued a bid for over 900 line items of grocery items for the 2026-27 school year, bids due April 29, 2026. Contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 with firm pricing throughout the term, delivery Monday through Friday to central warehouses and school sites, Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content, HACCP compliance, and liability insurance minimums of $1,000,000 per occurrence.