UNSPSC 50443204: Frozen argent corn

The variety of corn known as argent corn that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443204 Frozen argent corn is a Commodity code that covers frozen whole kernel sweet corn and similar frozen corn products in bulk quantities supplied to institutional food service operations—correctional facilities, state hospitals, school districts, and related public agencies. State and local governments procure frozen corn as a staple vegetable component of inmate and patient meal programs, school nutrition services, and institutional cafeteria operations, typically in 40,000-pound truckload quantities with firm per-pound pricing and FOB destination delivery terms. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, state supported living centers, county correctional facilities, school districts, and transit authorities. The Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice emerge as repeat buyers in recent solicitations, and school districts across Georgia and Missouri regularly solicit frozen vegetable contracts that include corn as one line item among broader frozen produce portfolios.

Recent activity concentrates in Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and Missouri. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted Invitation to Bid S2910000017451 on July 10, 2026 (due July 24, 2026) for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sweet Golden or Yellow whole kernel corn at firm pricing per pound including all transportation and delivery to its Central Distribution Center in Salem; the last purchase in August 2025 from Alpine Food was priced at $0.498 per pound, providing a competitive reference. Oregon offers a combined ten percent preference (five percent for Oregon-fabricated goods, five percent for resident bidders headquartered in Oregon) on awards. Frozen corn also appears as one line item in broader school nutrition and institutional food service procurements—such as frozen vegetable assortments solicited by the Oregon Department of Corrections (S2910000017167, due June 22, 2026), Texas Health and Human Services Commission supplemental food contracts (HHS0016792 and HHS0017449), and multi-state school district nutrition bids including Fairfax County Public Schools and Rockwood R-VI School District—though these typically bundle corn with other frozen vegetables rather than isolating it as a single commodity. The code shows consistent demand for delivered frozen corn in institutional settings with quarterly or annual ordering cycles and FOB destination, all-inclusive pricing structures common across state and local public procurement.