UNSPSC 50442709: Frozen greensleeves celery

The variety of celery known as greensleeves celery that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50442709 Frozen greensleeves celery is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code are actually buying frozen vegetables—carrots, corn, mixed blends, potatoes, and assorted seasonal varieties—for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show little activity specifically for celery, but the code sits within a broader frozen-vegetable procurement stream where state departments of corrections, school districts, and state health and human services agencies source bulk frozen produce by the truckload or pallet.

Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas), state health and human services commissions, school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Douglas County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Early County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System), county correctional facilities (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), and regional cooperative purchasing consortia (GEC Buying Cooperative). Oregon Department of Corrections appears as a repeat buyer, issuing multiple ITBs for frozen vegetables in recent months. Procurement is geographically dispersed—Oregon and Texas dominate recent activity, with active solicitations also posted by Georgia school districts, Pennsylvania counties, Illinois, Connecticut, and Missouri school districts. School nutrition programs drive the largest volume, followed by state institutional food service (corrections, supported living centers, state hospitals). Recent representative opportunities include Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing/Contracts Division ITB S2910000017451 for frozen corn (40,000 pounds, ITB, due July 24, 2026 at $0.498 per pound historical pricing); Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016558 for assorted frozen vegetables including green beans, broccoli, and peas (400,000 pounds, ITB, due April 22, 2026); Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products including frozen vegetables for El Paso State Supported Living Center (prior contract value $1.5 million, IFB, proposals due July 11, 2026); and Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 (sealed bids due April 27, 2026). Pricing in recent awards ranges from $0.30 to $0.70 per pound depending on product type and packaging, with FOB destination delivery and firm fixed pricing standard. Buy American provisions apply to school nutrition procurements, and Oregon state contracts include local-vendor preferences of up to ten percent combined (five percent for Oregon-fabricated goods, five percent for Oregon-based bidders).