UNSPSC 50355016: Frozen organic hamlin oranges

The variety of organic oranges known as organic hamlin oranges that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50355016 Frozen organic hamlin oranges is a Commodity code that does not align with actual state and local procurement activity in the recent record. The code nominally specifies a single frozen citrus product, but the recent opportunities tagged with this code solicited broad-spectrum grocery and fresh-produce procurement for school nutrition programs—categories encompassing hundreds of line items spanning proteins, vegetables, grains, dairy, frozen foods, and prepared items rather than a single frozen fruit variety. The mismatch suggests either mis-tagging by the issuing bodies or that this code's nominal scope does not reflect the bundled commodity purchasing that state and local educational procurement offices actually conduct. No solicitations specifically targeting frozen organic hamlin oranges, or even frozen citrus products in isolation, appear in the recent record.

The active recent opportunities under this code show heavy concentration among school districts and educational boards across the Southeast, particularly Georgia and Missouri. Issuing bodies include the Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), and the State of Georgia as a whole. These jurisdictions solicited fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery items, and full-line food service distribution through IFB and RFP notices in January through June 2026, with response dates ranging from February 18 through June 30, 2026. Geographic activity clusters in Georgia and Missouri, with a single Connecticut solicitation. Bid values ranged from approximately $1.1 million to $9 million annually for the school nutrition contracts, and a cooperative procurement through Douglas County School System served 30 districts across two geographic regions. The concentration of activity among school nutrition programs suggests this code may have been assigned during bundled school-lunch procurement tagging rather than targeting a discrete product line, rendering it of limited use for vendors specializing in frozen citrus fruit supply.