UNSPSC 50442605: Frozen early snowball cauliflowers

The variety of cauliflower known as early snowball cauliflowers that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50442605 Frozen early snowball cauliflowers, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within institutional food procurement that state and local governments purchase primarily for correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, school districts, and senior services departments. The recent solicitations tagged under this code, however, show minimal alignment with the code's specific product scope—the actual purchases span broad food service categories including shelf-stable staples, proteins, frozen vegetables (corn, mixed assortments, potatoes), dairy, condiments, and paper products rather than snowball cauliflower specifically. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county purchasing offices (Gwinnett County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois state institutions, New Jersey Department of Human Services), school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Early County, Burke County, Ben Hill County), and state criminal justice agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). The code appears underutilized for its nominal commodity; instead, procurement offices are tagging broad food-service RFQs, ITBs, and IFBs with this single code despite the actual work spanning multiple frozen-vegetable, protein, and staple-food categories.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas (HHSC and TDCJ operations across multiple facilities), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Early County, Burke County), and Pennsylvania (Montgomery County), with secondary activity in Illinois, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners issuing an RFQ for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items (peanut butter, canned proteins, rice, pasta, sauces, soups, canned vegetables) due October 19, 2026, for the Department of Community Services; Montgomery County, Pennsylvania issuing an IFB for groceries, meats, cereals, and paper products to the Correctional Facility due September 30, 2026; Oregon Department of Corrections issuing an ITB for 360,000 pounds of frozen vegetables (broccoli, assorted blends, corn, green beans) due August 20, 2026 with 5–10% Oregon preference; and Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing multiple IFBs for frozen food products serving state hospitals and supported living centers, with estimated annual volume approximately $9 million and maximum potential contract value of $19 million over the full contract period. The code shows regular but misaligned tagging; business development professionals should verify actual commodity requirements in bid documents rather than relying on the UNSPSC designation alone.