UNSPSC 50355017: Frozen organic jaffa oranges

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

UNSPSC 50355017 Frozen organic jaffa oranges is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of shelf-stable and fresh food products for school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food service. The recent solicitations show that governments under this code are buying broad categories of grocery and food-service items — shelf-stable proteins, grains, canned vegetables, fresh produce, dairy, bread, and meats — rather than the frozen jaffa oranges the code nominally names. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Hancock County Board of Education, Bridgeport Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners all posting food-procurement solicitations in the past five months. These procurements support the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program and are subject to Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content. Institutions specify detailed compliance requirements: nutritional standards per the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, HACCP plans, E-Verify authorization, product testing and recall procedures, and insurance minimums ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000. Award is made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, with contracts running July 1 through June 30 annually and firm pricing for 12 months.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia and Connecticut, with recent solicitations from Gwinnett County (near Atlanta), Hancock County, Early County, and the State of Georgia on the Georgia side, and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut on the Northeast side. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB due June 26, 2026, spanning over 200 line items of apples, berries, citrus, leafy greens, and specialty produce for three school sites; Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 informal written quotes due October 19, 2026, requesting approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for senior services; and Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery-items bid due June 30, 2026, encompassing over 1,100 line items including breakfast items, frozen products, dairy, and meat products subject to Buy American and nutritional-standards compliance. Early County Board of Education's FY27 food bid, due June 8, 2026, requested approximately 300 food items and 60 non-food supplies across meats, produce, grains, and janitorial products. No recent solicitations explicitly named frozen jaffa oranges.