UNSPSC 50442906: Frozen riccia pancalieri chicory

The variety of chicory known as riccia pancalieri chicory that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50442906 Frozen riccia pancalieri chicory is a Commodity code that does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code names a narrow specialty frozen vegetable product — riccia pancalieri chicory — yet the most recent opportunities in the data span frozen corn, frozen potatoes and potato products, frozen mixed vegetables, frozen carrots, and assorted frozen vegetable blends procured by state corrections departments, school districts, and other state and local agencies. None of the recent solicitations reference riccia pancalieri chicory or any closely related chicory variety by name, and the code shows no relevant activity in the historical record.

The frozen-vegetable procurement activity under related UNSPSC codes is robust and concentrated in school nutrition programs, state institutional food service (corrections, health and human services facilities), and county correctional operations across Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Connecticut. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' July 2026 ITB for 40,000 pounds of frozen corn (S2910000017451, due July 24, 2026) at $0.498 per pound historical reference; ODOC's concurrent ITB for 120,000 pounds of frozen potato products (S2910000017439, due July 24, 2026) at $0.3811 per pound; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for supplemental food and consumables statewide (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026) with a prior-period value of $1.5 million; and Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 IFB for Master Grocery K-12 (2000004323, due April 27, 2026) spanning 45 elementary, middle, and high schools plus seven distribution kitchens. Buyers apply state preferences for Oregon-sourced goods and resident vendors (5 percent each), Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content, HACCP compliance, liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million, and firm pricing with limited midterm escalation tied to third-party market indices. Correctional facilities and school districts demand delivery within 30 to 45 days, FOB destination, with temperature and shelf-life specifications. Bidders should verify that any frozen chicory product or substitute meets the commodity-specific FDA/USDA standards and allergen labeling these buyers require; the absence of this exact code in recent RFPs suggests either limited demand, a mismatch between catalog taxonomy and actual procurement practice, or substitution through broader frozen-vegetable family codes.