UNSPSC 50440000: Frozen vegetables

Plants cultivated for an edible part, as roots, stems, leaves or flower that have been frozen for preservation. Frozen vegetables are those that have been cooled to a temperature at which the vegetable generally becomes hard or rigid in nature. To qualify as being frozen the vegetable should have been subjected to a commercial process for freezing that reached a temperature in excess of -20 degrees Centigrade. Also includes freeze-drying of of these vegetables.

UNSPSC 50440000 Frozen vegetables (Family) represents a steady procurement category across state and local institutions purchasing frozen vegetable products for institutional food service, correctional facilities, state hospitals, supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and veterans' homes. State and local buyers source individual frozen vegetable commodities—corn, broccoli, carrots, green beans, mixed vegetables, peas, spinach, and assorted blends—as well as broader frozen food contracts that bundle vegetables with proteins, dairy, and prepared entrees. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, health and human services agencies, departments of general services, school districts, county governments, and special-purpose authorities. Repeat buyers include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (which has posted multiple frozen-food solicitations spanning supplemental products, canteen groceries, and facility-specific procurements), the Oregon Department of Corrections (which has issued separate line-item bids for frozen corn and assorted frozen vegetables), the California Department of General Services (operating a statewide mandatory-use contract serving 47 state institutions), and school districts in Georgia and Connecticut.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in California, Texas, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Georgia, and Connecticut. Representative current opportunities include the California Department of General Services' IFB 0000038871 (posted August 2026, due September 1, 2026) for fourteen frozen vegetable products across 47 state institutions statewide with an anticipated two-year spend of $10.811 million and maximum value of $14.4 million including extensions—mandatory for all state departments, all-or-none award, firm fixed pricing, 5% small business preference, and zero-degree storage and 120-day shelf-life requirements; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000017692 (posted August 2026, due August 20, 2026) for 360,000 pounds of assorted frozen vegetables (broccoli, corn, green beans, and blends) with 5% Oregon-processing preference plus 5% resident-bidder preference, FOB destination to Salem warehouse, and historical pricing at $0.578 to $0.67 per pound; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017338 (posted July 2026, due August 18, 2026) for 106 line items of frozen foods including vegetables serving 18 qualified ordering entities statewide with estimated annual volume of approximately $9 million and maximum potential contract value of $19 million over the full period; and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and canned food items including canned vegetables (posted October 2026, due October 19, 2026) with delivery to the Senior Services Center and funding deadline of December 7, 2026.