UNSPSC 50355021: Frozen organic late navel oranges

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

UNSPSC 50355021 Frozen organic late navel oranges is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope — a specific frozen citrus product — appears in none of the recent solicitations tagged with this code. Instead, the opportunities reflect broad food procurement for schools, counties, and state agencies, spanning fresh produce, shelf-stable groceries, dairy, proteins, and non-food kitchen supplies across hundreds of line items per solicitation. School districts dominate the issuing bodies, including Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, and Bridgeport Board of Education; county and state agencies also solicit under the code, such as Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Department of Community Services and the State of Georgia. The work involves competitive bids (IFB), informal written quotes (IWQ), and formal RFPs for multi-year food-service supply contracts tied to the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, with compliance mandates around Buy American provisions, HACCP plans, nutrition standards under the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, domestic sourcing preferences, and E-Verify authorization.

Recent opportunities cluster in Georgia and Connecticut. Hancock County Schools (Sparta, Georgia) issued an IFB on June 10, 2026 for fresh produce across 200+ line items with a June 26, 2026 bid deadline; Early County Board of Education (Georgia) requested bids on approximately 300+ food items and 60+ non-food supplies on May 11, 2026 with a June 8, 2026 deadline; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners posted an informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items on October 13, 2026 with a response deadline of October 19, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.; the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) sought bids on over 1,100 line items of grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education with an electronic bid deadline of June 30, 2026; and the State of Georgia posted a food, supplies, and kitchen products bid on May 15, 2026 with a June 22, 2026 deadline. This code shows active but misaligned activity — state and local governments are procuring food at scale, but the UNSPSC classification does not reflect the actual commodity mix being purchased.