UNSPSC 50441918: Frozen monaco beets

The variety of beets known as monaco beets that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50441918 Frozen monaco beets, a Commodity code, sees sporadic solicitation from state and local institutional food service buyers — primarily corrections and human services agencies purchasing bulk frozen vegetables for inmate, resident, and program feeding. The code captures narrow product-line procurement: frozen vegetable commodities specified to exact botanical variety, package size, temperature retention, shelf life, and USDA or FDA compliance standards, delivered on FOB destination terms to centralized warehouse distribution points. Issuing bodies are predominantly state departments of corrections, state human services commissions operating residential care facilities, county and municipal correctional institutions, and school districts running nutrition programs under federal meal reimbursement rules. State agencies dominate the recent activity, with Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice each soliciting frozen vegetables repeatedly across multiple quarters and fiscal years. County correctional facilities in Pennsylvania and Georgia also appear, along with school districts in Georgia and Connecticut. The code does not carry a dedicated line-item focus in most recent opportunities; instead, frozen monaco beets (if procured at all) appear as one line item among dozens or hundreds in broad food-commodity RFQs, RFPs, and IFBs that bundle frozen vegetables, proteins, dairy, dry goods, and supplies into single awards.

Geographic concentration is strongest in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, with scattered activity in Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Oregon Department of Corrections issued at least four separate frozen-vegetable ITBs between June and August 2026, each citing prior awards to Alpine Food Group and Robbins Sales at historical unit prices between $0.498 and $0.67 per pound. Texas HHSC and TDCJ collectively issued multiple large frozen-food procurements in the summer of 2026—including HHS0017338 (estimated annual volume $9 million for a single broadline vendor across 106 frozen line items) and the 304T-26-300CF cafeteria bid (382 line items across five geographic TDCJ warehouse zones)—with responses due in late August and May respectively. Oregon and Texas both enforce state-preference provisions (5–10% combined for Oregon-fabricated goods and in-state bidders; HUB subcontracting in Texas where applicable). School districts typically impose Buy American requirements (minimum 51% domestic agricultural content) and Child Nutrition Act compliance. Delivery windows are narrow (72 hours to 30 days post-order), temperatures tightly controlled (0°F or lower in storage, 10°F or less on arrival), and minimum shelf life at delivery consistently 6 months. Award is typically to the lowest responsive bidder meeting all specs, though best-value language appears in some HHSC solicitations. No recent opportunities name frozen monaco beets by variety; the code shows activity only when inferred from broad frozen-vegetable bundles, making targeted pursuit difficult without visibility into actual item-line specifications in full bid documents.