UNSPSC 50442802: Frozen fordhook giant chard

The variety of chard known as fordhook giant chard that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50442802 Frozen fordhook giant chard, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly matching its specific product scope. The code nominally covers a single frozen vegetable line item, but the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting fordhook giant chard; instead, the posted opportunities feature broad institutional food procurements that include frozen vegetables as line items within larger meal-service contracts. When state and local buyers post frozen vegetable needs, they typically bundle them into comprehensive grocery or food-service RFPs and IFBs spanning dozens or hundreds of line items across proteins, dairy, produce, and paper products rather than issuing single-commodity solicitations for a specific frozen green.

Institutional food service dominates the recent activity in frozen vegetables more broadly: correctional facilities (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Oregon Department of Corrections), state-supported living centers and hospitals (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), school districts (Georgia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania), and senior services programs (Gwinnett County, Georgia) all solicited frozen vegetable offerings as components of larger food contracts posted between May and October 2026. Oregon and Texas account for the heaviest recent volume, with Oregon Department of Corrections issuing ITBs for frozen corn and assorted vegetables under state-level preferences (5% Oregon-fabricated, 5% resident-bidder preference) and Texas HHSC posting multiple IFBs for frozen food products with estimated annual volumes reaching $9 million. Representatives include Gwinnett County's October 2026 IWQ for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and frozen food items (due 19 October 2026), Oregon Department of Corrections' August 2026 ITB for 360,000 pounds of assorted frozen vegetables at $0.578–$0.67 per pound (questions due 13 August, bids due 20 August 2026), and Texas HHSC's July 2026 IFB for frozen food products across state hospitals and supported living centers with an estimated annual volume of $9 million and maximum three-year contract value of $19 million. Bidders pursuing this code should position frozen fordhook chard as a line-item offering within broader frozen-vegetable or institutional-food-supply capability rather than expect standalone commodity purchases.