UNSPSC 50355803: Frozen organic aurora plums

The variety of organic plums known as organic aurora plums that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50355803 Frozen organic aurora plums (Commodity) does not reflect the actual scope of work being procured by state and local governments under this code. The recent opportunities show no solicitations for frozen organic aurora plums specifically. Instead, the code has been applied to broad school nutrition procurement spanning hundreds of line items of frozen and fresh produce, grocery staples, dairy, proteins, and non-food supplies—work that fundamentally misaligns with the narrow commodity scope the code nominally describes. State and local issuing bodies applying this code include school districts, county boards of education, and municipal school systems purchasing for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program operations, alongside at least one state-level food procurement. The work actually being bought comprises comprehensive food service supply contracts requiring HACCP plans, Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products), USDA nutrition standards adherence, firm pricing with limited escalation provisions, and delivery to multiple school sites on fixed schedules.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia and Connecticut, with additional procurement from Missouri. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut issued an IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items with a due date of June 30, 2026, requiring compliance with nutritional standards, nut-free formulations, and blind testing by school personnel. The Douglas County School System in Georgia released two separate RFPs: one for fresh produce and eggs (approximately $4.4 million for Area One, $1.1 million for Area Two, proposals due March 4, 2026) serving 30 school districts through the GEC Buying Cooperative, and another for main-line food supply and distribution services (estimated annual expenditure approximately $9 million, proposals due February 18, 2026). The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System solicited fresh produce bids for 72 line items with sealed bids due April 23, 2026. The Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri requested bids for over 900 grocery line items with electronic submissions due April 29, 2026. Early County Board of Education in Georgia solicited approximately 300+ food items plus 60+ non-food and paper supplies with bids due June 8, 2026. This code shows substantial recent activity but carries significant taxonomic misclassification—the code name and the actual procurement scope do not correspond.