UNSPSC 50442400: Frozen cardoons

The type of vegetable known as cardoons that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50442400 Frozen cardoons, a Class code, does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains no solicitations for frozen cardoons or any cardoon products. Instead, the recent opportunities posted under this code span frozen vegetables broadly—frozen corn, frozen potato products (french fries, wedges, tater tots), frozen mixed vegetables, frozen carrots, and frozen assorted vegetable blends—along with fresh produce, eggs, and comprehensive grocery procurement for correctional facilities, schools, and state-supported living centers. This mismatch suggests either a taxonomy coding error in the state and local procurement systems or that the code is being used as a catch-all for frozen vegetable commodity activity regardless of specific product line.

The issuing-body mix includes state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, New Jersey Department of Human Services, Illinois state procurement, Georgia state procurement), county governments (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Douglas County, Georgia), city procurement offices (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), and school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Bulloch County Schools, Georgia; Burke County Public Schools, Georgia; Early County Schools, Georgia; Dallas Independent School District, Texas; Rockwood R-VI School District, Missouri; Ben Hill County Schools, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Georgia; City Schools of Decatur, Georgia). Oregon Department of Corrections and school districts across Georgia, Texas, and Missouri appear most frequently. Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon), Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri, and Illinois, with no dominant state. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017451 for 40,000 pounds of frozen sweet corn, due July 24, 2026 (posted July 10, 2026); the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017439 for 120,000 pounds of frozen potato products, due July 24, 2026 (posted July 10, 2026); the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases RFP BNB052266 for over 1,100 line items of grocery items including frozen products for schools, due June 30, 2026 (posted June 30, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products including frozen items for El Paso State Supported Living Center, due July 13, 2026 (posted June 11, 2026). Pricing in recent awards ranges from $0.3811 per pound (JNS Foods, frozen potato products, January 2026) to $0.498 per pound (Alpine Food, frozen corn, August 2025), with school districts and state correctional and health facilities the primary buyers.