UNSPSC 50441835: Frozen madeira/madera beans

The variety of beans known as madeira/madera beans that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50441835 Frozen madeira/madera beans, a Commodity code, shows sparse recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with its nominal scope. The only solicitation clearly tagged under this code appears to be embedded within broader food procurement notices, where frozen beans are one line item among dozens of staple groceries rather than a standalone category of focus. State and local governments purchasing under this code are primarily institutional food service operators—correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school districts, and senior services programs—that source frozen vegetables and legumes as part of comprehensive nutrition supply contracts. The issuing bodies span state corrections departments, health and human services commissions, county purchasing offices, school boards, and county senior services divisions across multiple states. Work solicited includes weekly or as-needed deliveries of frozen commodity vegetables and proteins to institutional kitchens, with specifications typically mandating USDA/FDA compliance, temperature maintenance, minimum shelf life (commonly six months), and FOB destination delivery within 30 days of order or on mutually agreed schedules.

Representative recent activity demonstrates the fragmented, item-level nature of this commodity within broader food contracts. Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S2910000017692 (bids due August 20, 2026) for 360,000 pounds of frozen vegetables including broccoli, assorted blends, corn, and green beans at historical pricing of $0.578 to $0.67 per pound, with delivery to Salem; Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited IFB HHS0017338 (bids due August 18, 2026) for frozen food products across state hospitals and living centers statewide with an estimated annual value of $9 million; and Gwinnett County, Georgia issued an informal written quote (bids due October 19, 2026) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and frozen food items for senior services. Geographic spread includes Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey, with activity concentrated in state correctional systems and state-supported living centers. The code sees moderate seasonal activity driven by institutional meal planning cycles rather than sustained standalone demand; most opportunities bundle frozen beans and other frozen vegetables into line-item selections within larger food-service RFQs or IFBs, making pursuit advisable only when a respondent can compete profitably on a single or small cluster of line items within multi-hundred-item bids.