UNSPSC 50355870: Frozen organic royal red plums

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

UNSPSC 50355870 Frozen organic royal red plums, a Commodity code, describes one narrow product line that state and local governments procure as part of much broader grocery and food-service supply contracts serving school nutrition programs. The recent opportunities in the source bear minimal direct connection to the code's scope — none of the posted solicitations specifically names frozen organic royal red plums or any frozen plums at all. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued an IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items spanning frozen products, fruits, vegetables, and dairy for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services; Hancock County Board of Education sought bids on fresh produce (not frozen) across more than 200 items; and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited grocery items across over 900 line items including fruits and vegetables. School districts in Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County issued similar broad-scope food-service RFPs and IFBs. The issuing bodies are almost exclusively school districts and school boards across multiple states, supported by state-level coordinating offices like the Georgia Department of Education and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative) that bundle multiple districts' demand.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock County Schools, Early County Schools, City Schools of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System), with additional recent activity in Connecticut (City of Bridgeport) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District). The code shows no recent activity specifically targeting frozen organic royal red plums — this Commodity sits within much larger food-service procurements that itemize hundreds of products at once. A vendor pursuing this code should expect to compete in line-item food-supply contracts where individual frozen fruit items represent one or two SKUs among dozens or hundreds, bundled with produce, dairy, proteins, and staples under consolidated school nutrition budgets. The requisite qualification bar includes HACCP plans, food recall procedures, compliance with Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed items), liability insurance ranging from $500,000 to $2 million per occurrence depending on the issuing district, and adherence to whole-grain and nutrition-labeling standards under the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act.