UNSPSC 50355607: Frozen organic red spanish pineapple

The variety of organic pineapples known as organic red spanish pineapple that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50355607 Frozen organic red spanish pineapple is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product line — yet state and local governments procuring under this code are actually buying broadly across frozen and fresh produce categories for school nutrition programs, not pineapple specifically. Recent solicitations consistently tag multi-hundred-item grocery and produce contracts under this code even when pineapple is one line item among many. The work being solicited is primarily fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable supply for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program operations, delivered to central warehouses and individual school sites on weekly or daily schedules. Issuing bodies are overwhelmingly school districts and school system nutrition services — state departments of education, county boards of education, and city school systems — with occasional participation by state-level food-procurement offices. The mix reflects the statutory requirement that school nutrition programs source domestic agricultural products under Buy American provisions, maintain HACCP food safety plans, comply with whole-grain and sodium limits under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, and manage cold-chain logistics with strict delivery windows and temperature specifications.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with secondary solicitation flow from Missouri. Representative opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut) seeking over 1,100 grocery line items including frozen products through IFB BNB052266 with a June 30, 2026 deadline; Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) soliciting fresh produce across 200+ line items through IFB SN002-2027 with a June 26, 2026 deadline; and the Douglas County School System (Georgia) issuing RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts with estimated spend of $5.5 million and a March 4, 2026 proposal deadline. Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 annually and award on a lowest-responsive-and-responsible or line-item-basis to single or multiple vendors. Pricing must remain firm for the contract term (typically 30 days post-award minimum); fuel and freight surcharges are prohibited; payment terms are Net 30 to Net 45 days; and insurance minimums are uniformly $1,000,000 general liability per occurrence. No set-asides or disadvantaged-enterprise preferences appear in the recent documentation, though one solicitation (City Schools of Decatur) notes intent to provide maximum practicable opportunities to minority and women's business enterprises consistent with federal standards.