UNSPSC 50355851: Frozen organic marked black plums

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

UNSPSC 50355851 Frozen organic marked black plums, a Commodity code, nominally describes a single produce item but appears in state and local procurement activity mixed with broader school nutrition grocery and fresh produce solicitations where frozen plums are typically one line item among hundreds in multi-category food-service contracts. The recent opportunities tagged to this code show school districts, county education boards, and municipal purchasing offices soliciting comprehensive food and produce packages for child nutrition programs under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. State and local issuing bodies—including the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia)—issue these solicitations as annual IFBs and RFPs, typically with contract periods running July 1 through June 30. Vendors must comply with Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), deliver to multiple school sites on fixed Monday-through-Friday schedules, maintain HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility, carry minimum general liability insurance ranging from $500,000 to $1 million per occurrence, and meet USDA nutrition standards including whole-grain requirements, low sodium, and zero trans fat specifications. Pricing is firm for the contract term with limited escalation provisions tied to documented market indices or USDA data; all bids include packing and transportation with no separate fuel surcharges permitted.

Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia (Hancock County, Early County, Decatur, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County serving 30 districts via cooperative purchasing) and extends to Connecticut (Bridgeport) and Missouri (Rockwood). The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicited grocery items spanning over 1,100 line items with electronic bids due June 30, 2026, via IFB. Hancock County Board of Education issued an IFB for fresh produce with over 200 line items—including frozen products—due June 26, 2026. Douglas County School System, procuring through the GEC Buying Cooperative on behalf of 30 school districts, issued RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, with sealed proposals due March 4, 2026. Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited over 900 line items across grocery, produce, and dairy with electronic bids due April 29, 2026. The Commodity code shows no recent isolated purchasing of frozen organic black plums alone; rather, frozen plums function as a minor line item within large multi-category school nutrition contracts where vendors compete on lowest-responsive-bid evaluation and awards often go to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis. Sourcing activity is active but concentrated in school district child nutrition programs; municipal and county-level grocery procurement outside education remains sparse in recent opportunities.