UNSPSC 50441848: Frozen tamarind beans

The variety of beans known as tamarind beans that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50441848 Frozen tamarind beans is a Commodity code with nominal scope, but recent state and local opportunities show no purchasing activity aligned with the code name—the opportunities posted under this code involve frozen corn, frozen potatoes, fresh produce, grocery items, frozen mixed vegetables, and food service products for schools, correctional facilities, and institutional dining that bear no connection to tamarind beans. The issuing bodies are school districts, state departments of corrections, state health and human services commissions, and county purchasing offices spread across Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Missouri. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sweet corn (response due July 24, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables across state hospitals and supported living centers with a historical value of $1.5 million (response due July 13, 2026), and the Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items subject to Buy American provisions (response deadline June 30, 2026). Code-application mismatch is evident across all posted records—the UNSPSC classification does not reflect actual procurement activity, making this code unsuitable for vendor targeting without clarification from issuing bodies on their intended commodity scope.

Recent procurement under this code spans institutional food service (school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, supported living centers) with weekly or as-needed delivery models, firm fixed pricing, FOB destination terms, Buy American compliance where applicable, and HACCP or health department certification requirements. Issuing bodies issue ITBs and IFBs with response windows of 10 to 45 days, typically requiring pre-bid questions 7 to 14 days before closing, and award vendor qualifications emphasizing multi-year food service experience, general liability insurance between $500,000 and $2 million per occurrence, and E-Verify compliance. No set-asides or disadvantaged-enterprise preferences are consistently named across the solicitations; Texas and Georgia opportunities reference HUB eligibility where applicable. The geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas (TDCJ, HHSC, Dallas ISD), Georgia (multiple school districts), and Oregon (Department of Corrections), with secondary activity in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Missouri, and Illinois. Vendor strategy should focus on confirming actual commodity scope with issuing bodies before bid pursuit, as the code-classification disconnect creates material risk of misaligned submissions.